<p>i go to an extremely competitive high school one of the most in the country, and we do our gpa 0-100 and do not weigh scores. these two factors lead to generally low gpas for a lot of people. but colleges see our profile and know who we are. gpa is more relevant school to school, at least for us. that probably didnt make much sense ha</p>
<p>From Columbia's website:</p>
<p>My course grades on my undergraduate transcript are based on a different scale from Columbia’s. What can I do?
You need to get your transcript officially converted to the GPA scale by an appropriate agency (GPA is on a 0-4 scale) before submitting it. It is your responsibility to complete this conversion and the C.S. Dept. does not provide recommendations of which agency to use. For the online application, you can enter an approximate conversion of your percentage grade. A guide is given below:</p>
<p>Grade Grade Point </p>
<p>Approximate % Equivalent
A+ 4.0 90-100
A 4.0 85-89
A- 3.7 80-84
B+ 3.3 77-79
B 3.0 73-76
B- 2.7 70-72
C+ 2.3 67-69
C 2.0 63-66
C- 1.7 60-62
D+ 1.3 57-59
D 1.0 53-56
D- 0.7 50-52</p>
<p>Wow exploringMOM at my kids school a 70 is a C and a 50 would be failing. It's amazing there are so many differences. At their school there is no additional "weight" given for AP classes either. Just a straight scale with no A+: 90 to 100 A range (only A or A-) 80 to 90 B range (B-, B, B+) 70 to 80 C Range (C-, C, C+). The points on a 4 pt. scale are the same, but the letter grades are vastly different. Numberical grades are converted to letter grades and reported on the final transcript). Interesting.</p>
<p>momofthreeboys: the post to which you responded deals with college-to-college conversion.</p>
<p>none of this matters. i work at admissions at a large public school doing exactly what someone mentioned schools this size doesn't do: I recalculate grades to a <em>standardized</em> scale so if johnny gets all As but that's due to grade inflation, we are attempting to correct that by putting everyone on a level playing field. what's more, we mark how many honors each student takes, so if jane has a 4.0, but she got Bs and Cs in all AP classes, that is taken into account and her 4.0 means less than someone who got a 4.0 in non-honors classes. there is a system, at least here, for taking into account most of the factors that account for grade inflation. Also there's a system for thinking about lowest passing grades, like for schools where the lowest passing grade is a 70 or 75 even, an 80 is "worth" less because in reality, those curriculums are not that different than that of a school with a lowest passing grade of 60. </p>
<p>anyway, just wanted to chime in that the "general rule" is in fact NOT true because I know other public schools do get together a group of people to work on this very thing and regardless of what many would think it doesn't take that much "manpower". In fact, using the word "manpower" to describe the process is a gross overstatement.</p>