GPA Calculations?

<p>I am just curious to how all of the different high schools calculate GPA? Our school gives 5.0 to AP classes, and 4.0 for everything else, including honors.... Our valedictorian generally graduates with a 4.2, so hearing people say they need to get their GPA to a 4.7 or higher is crazy talk to me....My transcripts have all A's since 8th grade with 2 A-'s in honors classes, and 2 B's in AP's making my GPA jussssst shy of a 4.0...</p>

<p>ya that's like my school. It's because some schools have grade inflation or deflation. I know with my school we have grade deflation; the English department only gives A's to 10% of the students (and it's about the same with the other departments). It all really depends on your school profile. UNC will take into account that your school's academics are really tough.</p>

<p>My school figures all APs and Honors (and band) are 5 points and non-honors (non-academic electives and sports) are 4 points. Our Valedictorian usually graduates with a 4.92 (because they're always in band).
And I know that when my counselor sends a recommendation they include a school profile that tells about the GPA system.</p>

<p>The school my daughter goes to gives 6 for AP/IB classes, 5 for Honors and 4 for regular. This may sound a bit generous. However, their grading scale is very tough. You have to get between 93-100 for an A, 86 - 92 for a B and so on. So, while many folks at other high schools will get an A for a 91, she would be left with a B.</p>

<p>Valedictorian at her school usually has around a 5.45 wgpa. My D with a 4.9333 is way down at 40/590.</p>

<p>And yes, a school profile accompanies all transcripts sent out</p>

<p>yes our school profile is sent automatically with every transcript as well. our scale is 93-100=A 4.0....89.5-92.4= A-= 3.667......B=83-89.4=3.0 etc etc.....</p>

<p>My old school is 4,3,2,1, and Honors or AP is a .5 boost, but if you have a 98% or above in an an honors or ap class, you have an H and that's a 5. so the Vally is around 4.6 or 4.7 usually</p>

<p>But my new school is way different. If you have an A-, it drops a .3 off of your gpa, so an A- is a 3.7. But Honors or AP adds .5 . a B+ adds .3, so in an honors it would be 3.8 (I think)</p>

<p>But as we can see, different schools do different things, and that's why UNC and some other schools are a lot more prone just to look at the actual grades rather than GPA. Or they will calculate it their own way.</p>

<p>Usually your transcript contains your grades, gpa (weighted and unweighted), and class rank, so it really doesn't matter if you have a 4.2 gpa and are valedictorian....they'll know you succeeded in taking the toughest classes available, same as the kid with the 9.3 gpa who graduates valedictorian. You're judged on what you've done with the resources available to you.</p>

<p>(97-100)=4.0
(94-96)=3.85
(92-93)=3.7
(90-91)=3.3</p>

<p>So maybe my 3.86 is better than i thought...</p>

<p>In general, do colleges recalculate GPAs?</p>

<p>unc does, and i am pretty sure most colleges do
funny, my school calculates the same way (jelabidin)
i thought i was the only one
i have a 3.89</p>

<p>What a coincidence.</p>

<p>Same as my school, i have a 3.625, lol</p>

<p>I'm OOS and had no idea how Carolina calculates their GPA. For anyone else who wants to know I finally found it...</p>

<p>Unweighted:
A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1</p>

<p>Weighted (Honors):
A=5
B=4
C=3
D=2</p>

<p>Weighted (AP):
A=6
B=5
C=4
D=3</p>

<p>My WGPA jumped from a 4.0 OOS to a 4.4 in state :)</p>

<p>^^that's how my high school calculated GPA, too..interesting..although it probably makes sense because i went to one of the more competitive public schools in the state & they probably use schools like mine as a model..</p>

<p>BGapplicant, I'm just curious how you got that info? Did someone directly from UNC tell you that/ Thanks so much for the post!</p>

<p>EDIT; also, do semester classes count less towards your GPA than year classes?</p>