<p>Hey guys, I am not sure if this was brought up in this forum before but there are a million ways to calculate one's GPA. Some people divide thier Average by 25, others use the Princeton Review method (95-100 = 4.0 , 94= 3.9 , etc..). Can anyone tell me the correct method to determine it. </p>
<p>Also, How important is this in regards to the whole process. Will a mediocre GPA (80-90) deny a person from attending the Top 100 Colleges even if everything else is good?</p>
<p>Thanks Alot</p>
<p>Colleges, contrary to popular opinion, do not use the GPA sent to them by the student/school. They recalculate their own GPA by their own standards, including the classes they feel are important (if it's a techie school, they most probably won't give a foreign language or art class much weight compared to, let's say an AP Physics class), and use that for their selection process.</p>
<p>Not sure about the admittance with low GPA thing</p>
<p>I don't think colleges get %s from schools do they?</p>
<p>I know that most school don't give GPAs in terms of 3 or 4. Most give percentages. I still don't know how they are recalulated because people in this forum are talking about 3.9 and 4.0 but i don't know which calculation technique they used. The averages grades 80-90 are rarely mentioned in this forum unless I am caluclating the GPA thing wrong</p>
<p>I was under the impression that most of the schools give GPA on a 4 point scale, with 5 points weighted for ranking. Colleges calculate on a 4 point scale I believe...</p>
<p>Colleges calculate on the 4 point scale but most of the high schools in my area (Queens, NY) grade on a 100% scale. The conversion factor is what confuses me.</p>
<p>Hey I have a GPA on that scale and I asked for the proper way to divide it.</p>
<p>It seems pretty crazy but all you do is divide by 25. That meant I had a 4.4 this year.</p>