Calculating Weighted GPA

Applying to College
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<p>My school has a really odd weighting system
students only get .002 points extra for an AP class and nothing at all for honors.
Also while the transcript says it's on a 4.0 scale it's actually not. (B+ is a same as a B). My honors courses aren't even clear on my transcript, the only unifying quality is a Y. I know that anatomy is an honors course but is pre ap comp considered one? Theres a Y but it's part of the course number instead of following the course title (5408Y lit and composition pre ap vs. anatomy and physiology 1Y). I'm also going to dual enroll at the community college next semester and take two classes there. That should leave me with
ap composition
ap psych (only one semester at my school)
ap art studio
pre ap comp
anatomy
sociology (1 semester class at front range)
philosophy (1 semester class at front range)
as my advanced classes
How would colleges weight those? Or does it not matter since my transcript is so confusing to read:[
In either case I'd like to know so I can compare myself to the gpa's on sites like Princeton Review, which are obviously weighted (4.3 for harvard) even though they claim to be on a 4.0 scale.
If it's as I expect and an A in one of these classes gives you a 5, B a for ect. my gpa would jump from a 3.75 to a 3.9. Big difference when I'm choosing the schools I'm qualified for.</p>

<p>Arg and one more thing I checked the school website and it doesn't consider pre comp to be an honors but it does count my journalism 2 class. However it doesn't say anything about it being honors on my transcript. Not even a Y. </p>

<p>bleh I also have several advanced art classes but I don't think those would qualify as honors anywhere.</p>

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<p>Sounds like you need to address this with your GC. They should be able to give you your GPA. In the meantime, if you are using the PR site and the like, try using estimated class rank instead of GPA. </p>

<p>Really, I think the PR site gives pretty inaccurate results. Many of its questions, such as the athletics and ECs, leave no ground between recruited athlete/superstar and virtual slacker, even though many kids are somewhere in between and I would bet that most colleges take note of participation levels as well as success levels.</p>

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<p>My guidence councilor? I’ve talked to her about it, she doesn’t have a clue and because our weighting system is so messed my class rank leaves quite a bit to be desired. I think I’m like top 17% at best:/</p>