GPA confusion

Applying to College
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<p>I'm English and over here in Britain we don't have "GPA"; I've heard that GCSE results are looked at as a GPA substitute. </p>

<p>I have 7 A*s and 5 As at GCSE - could someone who is familiar with both education systems tell me whether this puts me in good stead to get into an Ivy? I haven't taken my A Level yet but am predicted 3 As. </p>

<p>I am taking SATs in May and obviously know that these are far more important in terms of my application to an American college, but right now I just want to know whether what I already have is good enough..</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Every high school in the US calculates their GPA's differently. And each college then recalculates all the GPA's differently.</p>

<p>We are all just as confused as you are as to what our actual GPA's are at each college.</p>

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<p>My GPA could be anything from a 3.4 to a 4.4. So trust me, I think we're just about as lost as you are.</p>

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<p>just send in your grades and scores. my high school used a 4.5 unweighted scale, all the colleges i sent my grades to had to re-calc my GPA. So if you want to approx, convert it to base 4, or something (for me at least, the conversion was really unflattering, so maybe you should just make a comment)</p>

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<p>And then some schools will put it on a 4 point scale, then add bonus points for some honors classes. Others will recalculate on a 5 point scale, but include only certain classes in their new calculations.</p>

<p>I don't know how anyone can accurately state their GPA's in these forums, and if you see a GPA floating around in these forums, most of those people are using their high school GPA, which has likely been computed differently from the next school.</p>

<p>That is why it is very hard to look in college guides or on this forum, and see someones GPA and compare it to your own.</p>