can’t understand how My Son’s HS is calculating GPA.

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<p>I don’t think this is a silly question but I can’t understand how My Son’s HS is calculating GPA.</p>

<p>The Question on his first scholarship application is
Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) ______ GPA scale is _______ (I.e. 4 point, 6 point, 12 point, etc)</p>

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<li>- - My Question is what is the correct way to answer the above scholarship question ? - - - </li>
<li>If you can please point me to a reference for your answer, so I can share it with his GC if needed. -</li>
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<p>They listed it as 4.25 out of 6points<br>
(because the highest possible grade would be a 6 for an A on a AP class)</p>

<p>But how could that be? To get a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 6 would you not need to get all A’s and take nothing but AP Classes from freshmen year onward?</p>

<p>Some interesting notes: The school only offers about 8 or so AP’s total. (often scheduled at the same time)
You can’t take an AP class unless you take the honors class first. And several classes are available only at the non Honors/AP level.</p>

<p>A in AP = 6
A in Honors = 5
A in </p>

<p>And the County grades on 7 point scale so
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 77-84</p>

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<p>6 would be the theoretical limit that no one can achieve.</p>

<p>4.25 out of 6 is what they want to know; they know what that means.</p>

<p>4.25 could be earned in various ways; e.g., one quarter of his classes were Honors, and got straight A's, or one eighth were AP's and he got straight A's, or some mix.</p>

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<p>At my d's high school, it was also a 6 point scale. But since there were only 3 possible honors courses during freshman year (math, science & foreign language), and students took 6 classes (add in English, history and an elective), no one could actually receive a 6.0 GPA; even if you took every honors/AP possible and got straight A's, the maximum weighted GPA one could get was a 5.8, I believe.</p>

<p>Colleges and scholarship committees understand what that means.</p>