<p>In many schools across the nation, especially in states such as California, A-s are considered 4.0, rather than 3.7. My question is do colleges consider this when looking at an app? My UW GPA would be 3.75, rather than 3.68, if my school counted A-s as 4.0 (and yes the 3.75 even accounts for B+s as 3.0). From what I've read, however, colleges don't even bother recalculating GPAs anymore because they have too many apps and it usually doesn't make enough of a difference, but I think this is kind of unfair. Is there any solution to this? Is it possible to have my GPA left off my transcript so colleges have to recalculate it? I don't know.</p>
<p>It really depends on the school you are applying. Some do not count subgrades, some do not count freshmen grades, and some only count core grades.</p>
<p>It is also my understanding that schools don’t just take your GPA as a raw number. They know that different schools and different areas have their own system for calculating GPAs. What they do is look at your GPA in the context of your school/area and compare it to the applicants from that area as well. They also will consider course rigor to make sure that a high GPA wasn’t attained through “fluff” classes.</p>
<p>^ They do look at school profiles and compare course rigorous, but they would not convert GPA for comparison as there is no standard in doing that. Basically, they want good GPA with good course rigorous. It is hard to compare a B in AP with an A in regular course.</p>
<p>No you can’t have your gpa left off. This just is something out of your control so not worth worry time.</p>