<p>At my high school (supposedly number 8 in the nation by Newsweek) makes GPA really hard.
A+=4.0
A=3.7ish
A-=3.33
B+= 30</p>
<p>AP/IB
A+/A= 4.04 or something
stuff like that</p>
<p>Using the standard system (A/A+=4.0, A-=3.7) I would have around 3.8 GPA right now
But using my school's system, I would have around 3.4-3.5!
And my two top schools are Harvard and UPenn.
Will they look at my 3.4 or 3.5 at face value or will they recalculate it?
Also, my school doesn't rank.</p>
<p>There is no "standard system." Basically every school has a different system.</p>
<p>e.g.,</p>
<p>my school uses:
A+=4
A=3.5
B+=3
B-=2.5</p>
<p>And we don't weight for honors or AP or anything.</p>
<p>That's why, on applications, the place where you enter GPA looks like this:
____/[highest possible GPA]
Applications also ask for the highest GPA at the school.</p>
<p>^Yes. Colleges recalculate because many schools use many different systems.</p>
<p>The UC recal. system makes me see stars.</p>
<p>OP and first poster: where do you go to school?</p>
<p>I go to HS in Nassau County on Long Island, New York.</p>
<p>Atara, what do you mean by that?</p>
<p>I go to City Honors, it's in Buffalo, NY.</p>
<p>Some colleges recalculate. Some don't. Some drop some of your courses, some don't. Georgia Tech raises honors and gifted Bs, Cs, and Ds 1/2 point and AP Bs, Cs, and Ds 1 point. As are not raised at all.</p>
<p>hmmm that's odd...
raising grade for B, C and D but not A</p>