My school does not weight GPA (ie. 4, 3, 2, 1). They only weight your numerical GPA for class ranking purposes.
What about your school?
<p>Minimal weighting (.5 for APs). No class rank, since the average GPA is 3.7.</p>
<p>My school weights GPA for ranking purposes only. The one on the transcript sent to colleges is unweighted.</p>
<p>Nope. No such thing at my school at all. Since there are only 2 APs and no honors classes, it wouldn't really matter anyway. It does such, though, that almost everyone at the top of my class takes a super-easy courseload. :(</p>
<p>Yeah, that does suck.</p>
<p>We have regular GPA (4/3/2/1/0) and WGPA (5/4/3/2/0 for honors/AP/Princeton, 4/3/2/1/0 for college prep).</p>
<p>I think my school reports both. And we don't have class rank, which is definitely good for us. One CC-er from my school once said that all hell would break loose if they ranked us.</p>
<p>For AP classes, an A = 5.0, B= 4.0, etc. Honors classes aren't weighted. No class ranking (got rid of it, not quite sure why).</p>
<p>Unweighed GPA and unweighed rank...it sucks!</p>
<p>Yes, we do weight GPA.</p>
<p>GT or AP class, an A = 5.00
Honors class, an A = 4.50</p>
<p>So yeah. But if you get below a B (or is it a C?) in a GT/AP/Honors class, it isn't weighted.</p>
<p>My school doesn't even calculate GPA or rank.</p>
<p>My high school weights grades.
IB/AP A = 6 points
pre-IB/AG/advanced/honors A = 5 points
regular A = 4 points</p>
<p>Thus, the maximum you can have is a 6.0, and my school ranks based on weighted grades (the valedictorian this year had a lower unweighted average than the salutatorian, which was strange).</p>
<p>No weighing (we were considering weighing AP classes last year... but then the administration was like "naaaaaah"), no ranking (we're just too good!), no GPAs on the 4.0 scale...</p>
<p>my school:</p>
<p>6.0 A in honors or ap class
5.0 A in level 1 class
4.0 A in level 2 class</p>
<p>my question is how do colleges compare the different gpa systems of different schools?</p>
<p>My school uses a totally wierd GPA system:</p>
<p>Honors/GT/AP: A = 7 pts
On-level: A = 6 pts
Below level: A = 5 pts</p>
<p>"my question is how do colleges compare the different gpa systems of different schools?"</p>
<p>When your counselor fills out the secondary school information part of your application, he should attach a copy of your school profile that explains your schools grading and GPA system, among other things.</p>
<p>I SSSSOOOOOO wish my school weighted!</p>
<p>We get a crap .03 for AP classes and honor classes aren't even weighted.</p>
<p>My school doesn't weight, but we're on the percentage system.
However, if you're in IB, you generally get 2-5% extra in each class (except math, which is curved) because the admin feels they should adjust our marks to the harder work load so we're not penalized in university admissions, but then that is your final mark. It's not considered weighted or unweighted - that concept doesn't exist at our school.</p>
<p>No, because, the theory is that each regulars/honors-AP person is "taking the class that best fits their ability." You see, I shouldn't be rewarded for taking harder classes because it fits my ability. This is a totally stupid concept and reeks of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." No wonder our educational system sucks. It's not even a meritocracy!</p>
<p>EuropeGirl, that sucks lol.</p>
<p>My school follows the 55-100 grading scale. Honors courses get multiplied by 1.1 and AP courses get multiplied by 1.2</p>
<p>They're exclusively used for ranking purposes.</p>
<p>We don't even have weighted for rankings!-thus, the non top ten ranking I have. lol!</p>
<p>I don't think weighting is that big of an issue. I think it's rather the percentages. In my county the percentages 94-100 is an A, whereas I know in a nearby county it's 90-100. Not only that but we only get .5 for our AP classes and no extra credit for honor courses. Therefore if I was to move to Maryland, I'd probably have a 4.3 GPA, considering that Montgomery county gives .5 for Honors, 1 for GT, and .5 for AP.</p>
<p>Someone should invent a national grading system.</p>