Calculating GPA

Applying to College
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<p>Do colleges recalculate GPA? (Specifically the Ivy Leagues)
I found out that my unweighted gpa according to my school (sophomore year) is a 3.91, which is ridiculous because my school calculates it very differently. I'm extremely worried that 3.91 is terrible for my dream college and I don't think it's even supposed to be a 3.91. I'm currently a junior and these are my grades as follows. </p>

<p>Freshman Year
Computer apps: 99 Health/PE:98 (required non-academic classes)
Eng H: 97
Geo H: 96
Bio H: 98
US Hist H: 99
Spanish 2: 98</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Eng H 98
Health/PE:99
Alg 2H: 99
Chem H: 97
AP World: 99
Spanish 3H:100</p>

<p>Junior Year (not included in the 3.91 gpa my school calculated)
Physics H: 97
Trig H: 97
AP Lang: 95
Spanish 4H: 98
AP Chem: 95
AP Euro: 100</p>

<p>What would actually be my gpa for sophomore, is it really 3.91? And what would be with freshman and junior year grades?
Also, I took the hardest classes I was allowed to take for each year, there are required classes like PE and computer apps, and I could only take one AP class sophomore year.</p>

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<p>There are no magic answers here, but …</p>

<ul>
<li>3.91 is a damn fine gpa. </li>
<li>Colleges do all kinds of calculations. Yes they recalculate GPA. No there isn’t any one size fits all answer.</li>
<li>Generally you will be rewarded for taking AP/honors/college level classes and doing well in them. </li>
<li>The CDS norms for GPA, if reported, are unweighted on 4.0 scale</li>
</ul>