<p>They based a 4.0 off of 92 numerical average</p>
<p>And they don't provide class rank</p>
<p>Although I'd also like to say that if they raised it to 95 like other schools, then only 10 out of 300 people would have a 4.0 unweighted i believe...</p>
<p>so are they completely manipulating grades, or is it fair because of the low number of people with over 95's</p>
<p>Nope, my high school has the A cutoff at 93. We used to have it at 95 and there were literally no 4.0s, because we have grade deflation. I know a school with 90 as the A cutoff, so yours is fairly normal. I tend to see a lot with the 93-95 cutoff. Really, it depends on how much inflation/deflation there is.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s cheating, considering that a 90 is the cutoff point at my school</p>
<p>Oh ok good :P</p>
<p>90 is the cutoff at my school also. They don’t even factor in pluses or minuses at my school. So if you get an A- in the gradebook it comes out as an A on your transcript :D</p>
<p>Lucky, our cutoff for a 4.0 is a 96. So, basically we have to make 96 or over in all classes to have a 4.0
I made a 94 in ninth grade so my UW GPA is like a 3.997 :(</p>
<p>Lucky, ours is a 94 cutoff…damn.</p>
<p>My school’s all messed up. Talk about really cheating: my gpa is out of 4.75 so all the kids with 4.1s fill in their college apps falsely at 4.1/4.0 without realizing.</p>
<p>Also use pluses and minuses with an unreal weighting system, 1.2 for ap classes and 1.1 for honors classes.
Getting an A+ in an ap class puts a 5.7 into your gpa, so my unweighted gpa is a 96 while my weighted is a 105</p>
<p>My school doesn’t rank either.</p>
<p>It isn’t cheating. Every high school is different. In SC, public schools all give a 4.0 for a 93-100. That isn’t much different than a 92.</p>
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<p>You poor thing</p>
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Uh… “only”? Why is it insufficient for the top 3.33% to all have flawless GPA? That seems a little extreme.</p>
<p>93 is an A at my school.</p>
<p>This seems like a “let’s complain about how unfair life is” sort of thread.</p>
<p>The thing is, though, if there are still 4.0s with a 96A, then there is some serious grade inflation at such a school. We had it at 95 and it was impossible to get a 4.0. Now at 93 it is possible but still fairly rare, which is how it’s supposed to be if you want 1 instead of 123456 valedictorians. The system usually reflects the rigor of the school, and if it doesn’t, then the school profile/grade distribution should be enough to clarify discrepancies. </p>
<p>In short, while the classical system makes it easier for colleges to review a student’s GPA, the distribution profile included in every application accounts for any seemingly unfair advantages. Thus, no school really cheats.</p>
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I know. I cry myself to sleep every night. It’s pretty depressing actually.</p>
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Yeah, I go to a pretty normal public school, so it’s really not hard to make near perfect grades. With my one non-96+ grade, I’m ranked 9/400. But after that the GPA falls pretty significantly as you decrease in rank, like kids ranked in the 20’s probably have an UW GPA of around 3.5. So it’s kinda concentrated. If that makes sense.</p>
<p>My 4.0 is 90%</p>
<p>in Math it’s 85%</p>
<p>^I love your school</p>
<p>Public schools here in Illinois mostly have the cut off for an A at 90% the catholic schools in the area cut off at 93% I believe. That’s how it was for my parents.</p>
<p>Cut off for an A here in Maryland is 89.5. It doesn’t matter if you got all b’s that Semester, it still shows up as an A</p>
<p>Ours is weird. It’s on a 6.0 scale. </p>
<p>Honors/AP classes go like this
100 - 6
99 - 5.9</p>
<p>and so on. Regular classes are the same except it’s out of 5, so a 94 would be a 4.4.</p>
<p>It’s not so competitive here though, as you can be in the top 30s with a 4.9. Our valedictorian has a 5.4 I think.</p>
<p>^Seriously??? Our scale is different but it is out of 5 but if you take honors/ap classes you can get up to a 6. Our valedictorian has at leats a 5.83. If you have a 5.0 you are in the 50’s for rank. I have a 5.2 and I am 41.</p>