Did my school calculate my GPA wrong?

<p>So I think there is an error in my GPA calculation..can someone confirm this?</p>

<p>BTW - our school has weighted GPA out of 6 and five for regular classes</p>

<p>These are my final grades - </p>

<p>AP Lang - A
APUSH = B
AP BIO - B
PE - A (does not count in GPA)
Hnrs JOurnalism - A
Hnrs PreCalc - A
Hnrs French 4 - A</p>

<p>So according to me (5+5+6+6+6+6)/ (6 classes since not counting gym) = 5.667</p>

<p>However, my report card states 5.5. Why am i getting different outcome? Am I doing something wrong or is my school. BTW, the 5.5 is only supposed to be for that particular semester.....</p>

<p>Please help me figure out what's wrong...I don't want to approach the school and then look like a fool because I was miscalculating something!</p>

<p>Also, in our school percentages do not matter for GPA...although I wish they did since my B was like 89.3!... =/ hmph.</p>

<p>Ask your guidance counselor, he/she will be able to help you far more than anyone on this site in this matter.</p>

<p>Yeah unfortunately its summer so it’s hard to get a hold of anyone! But is this generally the correct way to calculate it…like is my 5.667 correct?</p>

<p>Yes, 34/6 does equal 5.667.</p>

<p>Ughh…i never knew computer automated calculators make errors too!</p>

<p>Any GPA over 5 must be a joke.</p>

<p>^Not really since theirs weighted is out of 6</p>

<p>Yeah ours is actually out of six not five like most schools. So generally its still the same scale but only with an extra one added its not like i took more classes or anything.</p>

<p>I was for the most part joking.</p>

<p>Lol…any other opinions as to what might have gone wrong or if I am wrong in the way im calculating it? Most GPA’s are calculated based on grades averaged in each individual class right?</p>

<p>BUMP pleaseeeeeeee…</p>

<p>The quality points are probably different than you are assigning them. At my school, a flat B is a 3.0. If you use the same ratio, at your school, a flat B would be a 4.5. Therefore, </p>

<p>6 + 4.5 + 4.5 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 33
33/6 = 5.5</p>

<p>Comes out perfectly.</p>

<p>hmm then why is it often said that getting an “B” in an honors class is equvalient to getting a A in a regular class…because people often say taht at my school…so i dont seem to understand why the 4.5 would come into play…</p>

<p>Also, I just checked my course offerings book and this is the scale: </p>

<p>Honors Grade Weighting
A 6.0
B 5.0
C 4.0
D 2.0
F 0.0</p>

<p>The only time honors weighting does not apply is if the grade is lower than a C…which is clearly not my case. Sorry to keep bumping this but I am like dying here because i want to know why this is happening!!!</p>