<p>I live in Canada, and here, they have a very different percentage to letter grade system. This is what they use:</p>
<p>80-100: A
70-80: B
60-70: C
50-60: D
0-50: Fail</p>
<p>What I want to know is how universities in the US convert these grades to the 4.0 GPA system.</p>
<p>If I use this letter grade system, my GPA comes out to a nice 4.0. The problem is, I'm not sure if American Universities will see it this way. Does anyone know of a way they convert it to the normal GPA system? Do they rank the grades higher/lower? I sent Harvard an email inquiring as to how they do it, but all they said was that they have a system. </p>
<p>If anyone can help me out on this, I would greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>It can differ from School to school...but generally...
90-100= A
80-89= B
70-79=C
65-69=D
...but Where I go...if you don't get a C...you fail...so anything 69 and lower is failing.
Generally:
A=4
b=3
c=2
d=1
f=0
I don't know...if you can get one point where I go though....
but basically...its like this:</p>
<p>Freshman year:
1st semester:
Class1:92
Class2:76
Class3:97
Class4:86
Class5:90
Class6:81
Class7:97
you take the letter grade you get so in this case. 'a,c,a,b,a,b,a' and then convert them to the numbers each letter equals...so in this case:
4,2,4,3,4,3,4.... then you add them together...in this case 24...then you divide the number by the number or courses you took..in this case 7... this example person has a GPA of 3.428. lets try until Junior year.</p>
<p>so your high school gpa if these were your grades would be 3.619...
If you take honors or AP classes they may weigh more so you may get a curve, possible bringing you high 'c' or 'b' into the low 'b' or 'a' range, possible changing your GPA.</p>
<p>I asked my counselor, my school does not rank the students. Also, my school does not offer any AP or IB classes, unfortunately.</p>
<p>From what I have seen (and my mom; she's a teacher), Canadian schools create this system of not really informing students of US school opportunities. No school in my school district offers any AP courses; in grades 11 and 12, they have "University", "University/College" and "College" course classifications. Apparently the University level courses are equivalent to honors courses. I really hate this Canadian system of trying to get all students to go to Canadian universities. I asked my counselor about Pre-SATs, or SAT preparation help, and, what a surprise! Nothing.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm just curious whether the universities would use the American letter grade system or the one used in Canada.</p>
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<p>All colleges take your grades and convert them to their scales. If your school wouldn't explain the grading scale, or give them a good idea about the grading scale with students (Like for instance in the "A is for Admissions" book the girl with the 87 GPA which actually only 4% of people made at her school made.) then you will be at a disadvantage.
With Ivy League schools, they use a weird, specialized scale. Mostly though, it depends on what your school will tell a college.</p>
<p>It's actually a lot harder to get a good average in Canadian schools than American. I only see few people getting at least a 90 average in a year.</p>
<p>I'm also in Canada and it is very hard to prepare for American university, but you have to handle all that by yourself. Research online and take your SATs etc. CollegeConfidential is a good place to find infos. It's a lot of work but it will be worth it.</p>
<p>I don't think they change grades to 4.0 GPA when transcripts are sent. They just send it the way it is, which is a downside for us because in America, 90 or 95 or higher is considered as an A.</p>
East Coast United States high schools use the percentage system.</p>
<p>West Coast US high schools use the 4.0 system.
I'm not really sure what you mean by that. On my school's transcripts, they put letter grades from every class (A, A-, B+....F) as well as a weighted GPA (out of 5.0) and an unweighted (out of 4.0). (New england)</p>
<p>As a US student who has studied in both the United State and Canada, I can certainly confirm the notion that it’s much more difficult to achieve higher averages at Canadian universities. They’re not in the habit of handing out 90s north of the border. You have to do something exceptional to see a 90 percent.</p>