At my school GPA is calculated so that an A+ is a 4.33, A is 4, A- is 3.67, B+ is 3.33, etc. I know you have to add 1 point for every AP class, and a half point for every honors class, so would an A- in an AP be a 4.67? Or am I missing something?
UF recalculates everyone’s GPA so that everyone is on a level playing field (it’s not fair that one student gets a 6.0 for an AP “A” while another student in another school gets only a 5.0 for an AP “A”). Plus, UF uses only letter grades with NO pluses ("+") or minuses ("-"), so an A+, an A, and an A- is each recorded as an “A”.
The UF scale is:
Regular:
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
Honors:
A = 4.5
B = 3.5
C = 2.5
D = 1.5
AP:
A = 5.0
B = 4.0
C = 3.0
D = 2.0
As such, it is mathematically impossible to have a UF GPA over 5.0, or even close to 5.0 if you take several Regular and Honors courses.
This is the same scale used at my high school. Now I understand how friends in other high schools can say they have a “5.3 GPA” - their schools use scales that go up to 6.0 (maybe higher). All part of the “grade inflation” culture at many schools. Fortunately UF is on to it.