<p>O.k. this has always been so annoying. I am a senior who just got my report card, taking 6 AP's and I got 90-93 on all except a 94 in Spanish. At my school anything in 85-92 is a B! But at many other schools 90 and above is an A. So when calculating unweighted GPA will colleges say I have 5 B's or 6 A's???</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>If it's state schools, look at their policies. At private colleges it will be looked at in the context of your school.</p>
<p>Colleges won't only look at the grade; they're going to look at the percent too. In other words, if someone from another school had 6 As, all being 90%, you'd beat them grade wise. Not all high schools use the same scales for calculating GPA, so I think colleges go back and recalculate it anyways. Or not, I'm not really sure. Sorry.</p>
<p>Does your transcript show grades or percentages?</p>
<p>they show percentages</p>
<p>Colleges have their own grading and GPA system (I think). You can look it up on college board (I think). They use it to eliminate the differences in school grading systems. I mean, obviously they can't just judge based on your school's grading system, because all schools are slightly different.</p>
<p>In my school, 94 is B+, but for all the schools in the surrounding counties, 89 is. Obviously, colleges can't just say: "Oh well, this person from this school got a B on their really hard grading scale and this person got an A on their easy one, but an grade is a grade!"</p>
<p>Most transcripts will list your school's grading scale. Ours for example states that 93-100 is an A. There are other schools where it's 90-100 or 92-100. When I was in school, it was 95-100 and 74 was failing. Colleges will look at your school's scale.</p>
<p>I also have a question, my teachers grade on a different scale. Some say 93 percent is an A-, and some say 90 percent is an A. How does colleges see the grades if it is like that where the teachers don't follow one single scale?</p>