<p>I'v been trying to convert my marks out of 100 into GPA and I have no idea how to. One website showed that an 89% average is 4.0 and another showed it to be 3.4-3.5. And yet another website showed 89-87% to be 3.85.
And another suggested using this formula to convert-
(4* < average-87%>)/85
and if you'd calculate it, it would come up to 4.1.
I don't know which one to follow, but I think that my percentage would more or less translate to 3.4 or 3.5 ish.
What do you'll think?</p>
<p>Do you know your letter grades for each class you've taken?</p>
<p>The way GPA is averaged is every letter receives a number, A=4, B=3, etc. And all those numbers are averaged together for your cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>I saw the (4<em>average/85) equation you talked about on the internet. In fact, I think it's meant to be (4</em>average/best percentage in your class) because they say percentage can't be directly translated to GPA, as they're not linearly proportional.</p>
<p>@cherie136. I calculated using the formula you posted and I guess my GPA's aroung 3.7-3.8.
I'm applying to Brown and how do I know how they're going to translate my marks to GPA? Do I just assume that since all the GPA conversion formulas/convertors that I have found on the internet have shown my GPA to be around 3.5 to 3.8 then even Brown's conversion of my marks to be around that 3.7?
Would they then go by my GPA? Would they base their admission on my GPA? or my marks which on the 100 scale?</p>
<p>hithink - sorry for asking this in your thread, but it reminded me of something.</p>
<p>If I have 4 A+, one A, and two B, I would (on the 4.0 scale) have a 3.7... but if I allow A+ to be a 4.33, I would have 3.9. Do all colleges give equal weight to A+ and A, or do some allow 4.33 for A+?</p>
<p>^ They probably don't count +/-'s, unfortunately, because many high schools don't use the +/- system anyway, and it wouldn't be fair.</p>
<p>@hithink</p>
<p>Well, as I said earlier, percentages and GPA aren't linearly proportional, and college admissions reps are often well-versed in other grading scales, so they might just take your average percentage. And, to be honest, I think percentage marks are much more flattering on paper than GPA...</p>
<p>Maybe they would want to see both your percentage average and your GPA, but even grading scales in different high schools aren't the same so... But if you want to calculate your GPA, the standard grading scale is:</p>
<p>A- 90% to 100%
B- 80% to 89%
C- 70% to 79%
D- 60% to 69%
F- 0% to 59%</p>
<p>Please anyone correct me if there are any mistakes I what I said! :)</p>
<p>don't worry, if your school uses a 100 point scale, that will be the basis for your evaluation.</p>
<p>Yes, I think that they would mostly just take my average and just maybe they'd check out my GPA to be safe. Ugh, thinking of my grades make me sick!
Thanks anyway!</p>
<p>@cherie: Damn, I wish my school used that grading scale. I think that's the standard, but my school uses 93-100 A, 85-93 B, 76-84 C, etc. :(</p>
<p>Yeah, my school used a ABCD system before, but we had an education reform, so they completely changes programs, curricula and grading scales. We do things that upper-level classes did before and it's all messed up.... Anyway, we use a 12345 grading scale now where:</p>
<p>3- 60-75%
4- 76- 91%
5- 92-100%</p>
<p>I don't remember what 1 and 2 stand for, but I never got that so...</p>