<p>My school reports unweighted GPA and ranks based on weighted GPA. I think this system is good because it takes into account the difficulty level of courses while giving ranks.
I have heard that when the colleges recalculate the GPA, they do it on an unweighted basis and also drop the + & - (that is, A+, A- and A are all the same).</p>
<p>I highly doubt that any colleges drop the + and - ... in many high schools, especially with so much grade inflation, the difference between a B- and a B+ could be pretty huge.</p>
<p>My school uses unweighted grades which MAKES THE MOST SENSE. While colleges do take a good look at your Honors/AP courses they do recalculate your GPA to unweighted anyways... we use two different ranking systems however one regular and one honors ranking which only ranks those students who take 2 or more honors classes per tri each year</p>
<p>No the 4.0 scale does not make the most sense! keep everything out of 100. Give weight to calculate rank but keep UW grades on file. a 99 in a class is better than a 92 and therefore should be given more weight.</p>