<p>My school weighs GPA with regular classes being worth upto a 5.0, Pre-AP classes being a 6.0, and AP classes being a 6.25. I know Barnard generally accepts a 3.83, but I have no idea of what my GPA would be on this scale. My current GPA is a 4.997 with 1 AP class, 4 Pre-AP classes, and 2 regular classes. Would this be too low for Barnard on that scale? Help please! Thank you!
P.S. I am a sophomore in high school, so if it is too low there is still time to raise it.
Also, I’m from a competitive public school in Texas, if this matters.</p>
<p>If you have the ability to raise your grade, you should do so (regardless of your current grades-always try to be your best). I don’t know how that would be converted to the 4.0 grading system. I know that my school does percentages, and not points. As many have said, Barnard looks at you as a person, not a number or grade. Do your best in school, but also try to develop yourself as a person; participate in extracurriculars, and write a killer essay. There isn’t really ONE thing you can do to ensure admittance.</p>
<p>My school’s GPA system is weird too, but I figured out how to recalculate it out of 4.0 (unweighted) off collegeboard.com. On this scale, anything above a 93 is a 4.0, 90-92 is a 3.7, 87-89 is a 3.3, 83-86 is a 3.0, 80-82 is a 2.7 and so on. collegeboard.com also says that 70% of the freshman class at Barnard had a high school UW GPA of a 3.75 or higher and 20% had between a 3.5 and 3.74, so that probably helps you in seeing where you stand. That being said, Barnard looks at many other things as well (course load, SAT, ECs, essay, etc.) so you aren’t defined by just one thing.</p>