<p>I was wondering about how colleges calculated your unweighted gpa, becuase I pretty sure that most college dont split it up as much as my school district does(A+ 4 A 3.8 A- 3.6 etc.)</p>
<p>and if different colleges do it differently, these are the colleges im looking at: NYU, JHU, USC, UC Berkely, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell</p>
<p>Apparently, colleges recalculate your GPA by weighting junior grades more and using only academic classes. However, unless your school sends number grades on your transcript, colleges won’t be able to calculate your GPA according to the more standard A 4.0, A- 3.67, etc. They will, however, know that your school holds you to more rigorous standards (you have to get an A+ for a 4.0? really?) and take that into account. Your rank will also help them put your GPA in context.</p>
<p>yessir, my school put up number grades on our transcripts, but do you have any idea for any of the schools i listed?</p>
<p>They recalculate? And emphasize your Junior year? </p>
<p>Dang… that’s going to be bad…</p>
<p>From what I read here and other places
every school does it differently and you will have a hard time getting a straight answer from any AdComm office</p>
<p>Some wmight weigh your Jr yr more–but not every school does it that way…</p>
<p>I believe all only use academic classes–math/science/history/eng/FL</p>
<p>Because some schools give weight for honors or APs, some scale to 8 some sclae to 4, some scale to 12…
they must take it apart and recalculate to get a gpa they can compare…then they look at your rigor of curriculum and school reputation for academics etc as well</p>
<p>Some state schools differ in their calculations, and a number of privates (Princeton comes to mind) might give grades from certain years more weight than others or eliminate grades from one year altogether.</p>
<p>Most, though, follow a system similar to the one in place at my school:</p>
<p>A+: 4.0
A: 4.0
A-: 3.7
B+: 3.3
B: 3.0
B-: 2.7
C+: 2.3
C: 2.0
C-: 1.7
D+: 1.3
D: 1.0
D-: 0.7
F: 0.0</p>