Does anyone know how to calculate GPAs (for colleges)?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I currently have a 3.56 unweighted 4.04 weighted GPA.....does anyone know how many As I'd need to take to raise my GPA up to minimum 3.75 unweighted 4.2 weighted GPA? </p>

<p>Please help! I'm currently a junior in high school. So I have 7 classes now (6 5.0 classes - I'll probably get 3Bs and 3As and I have one 4.5 class this year that I'll probably make an A in). Next year I'll be taking all 5.0 classes. I also want to dual enroll/take online classes (I need to figure out how many classes I need to take in order to do raise the GPA).</p>

<p>I've taken 22.5 classes right now:
7.5 credits of 4.0 - A (regular)
6 credits of 4.5 - A (honors)
2 credit of 3.5 - B (honors)
1 credit of 2.5 - C (honors)
5 credit of 4.0 - B (in IB/AP classes)
1 credit of 3.0 - C (in IB class)</p>

<p>In my school they calculate the GPA by using 2 semester grades, rather than a final grade for all four quarters. I know that GPA isn't the only main factor - but it'll be a little more satisfying to see a bit higher GPA. Please help me anyone!! </p>

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<p>Wouldn’t you just have to average it? </p>

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<p>Isn’t it different for college?</p>

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<p>It depends where you are planning to apply. California UC’s and Cal States have a specific way to calculate their GPA’s and capping Honors/AP classes at 8 semesters. Most schools will look at your Unweighted GPA for 9-11th grades since so many schools do their weighted GPA differently.</p>