<p>The question is in title. In country where I live it's more difficult to get good grades than in US, and I'm curious whether my ~3.0 GPA is gonna be treated just as American 3.0.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>If you have a “local” GPA (3, or 5, or 14…) send your original GPA and your school profile with grading scale. The grading scale should indicate what % students at your school typically get each type of grade (top1%, top 5%, top 10%, top 20%, etc) and whether there’s perfect correlation with exam boards, or deflation (your school grades harsher than the national boards, ie., a student with a 3 at your school could get a 2, where 2 is better) or inflation (your school grades more leniently than the national boards, ie., a student with a 3 at your school could get a 4, where 4 is lower.)</p>
<p>Or you could get your GPA converted to US equivalent GPA through organizations like WES. I had a 75/100 from HSEB, Nepal, and WES gave me a 4/4.</p>
<p>^Except the counselor giving the % indications is free… and WES costs money.</p>
<p>If the school attracts lots of international applicants, then they probably know how to interpret the grades, if the school does not, it may be trickier.</p>