<p>My school says 92+ is a 4.0, and this collegeboard link says 93+</p>
<p>How</a> to Convert Your GPA to a 4.0 Scale</p>
<p>If I have a 92 would I be safe saying 4.0 just because my high school determines that? Because if it does then I have a 4.0 now, but don't want to be led into believing that and getting a 3.9 (not complaining).</p>
<p>P.S. If I apply RD rather than ED, do I get to average in my 1st Semester of Senior year?</p>
<p>A 4.0 means you got an A in every class.
To get your average on a 4 point scale, you have to calculate the average of the grades you’ve gotten in each class, substituting the 4 point scale for the 100 point scale for each class.
In our school system, anything over a 90 is an A.
Did you get over a 90 in every class?</p>
<p>Evidently, some schools that give A+ and A-, and an A- is worth less than 4 points.
Did you get over a 93 in every class?</p>
<p>If so, you know you have a 4.0 on any conversion method.</p>
<p>If it comes down to whether you got A’s or A-'s, it’s probably not that critical.</p>
<p>GPAs are confusing for me also!
I’m in the IB Programme, and for all of my applications, I have had to leave them blank. My counselor says this won’t be a problem though, because they will look at my transcripts and have an international adm. officer read it. I think in your case they will do the same.</p>
<p>No they average the percents of all our classes for an overall average. If that average is a 92 or higher according to out student handbook, then we have a 4.0. But as I said, this collegeboard link says 3.7 is a 92. Also, now that I recalculated I figured out that the best I can get after getting 88’s my first two years is a 91. This is OK, but for a school like Amherst I might be screwed unless they really take notice of the upward trend. As corny as it sounds, I just kinda grew up</p>
<p>At my school, a 100 counts as a 4.0, and that’s it. It’s annoying because it makes my GPA seem lower than it actually is.</p>
<p>Many schools have confusing grading systems. My D’s school is one of them. However, a form explaining their grading system is sent along with the transcripts. Make sure that your school does the same.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how a 90 is a 3.7 and an 89 is a 3.3. My GPA is 89.75. What would that be?</p>
<p>I have no idea but I’m going to assume all your grades are on your transcript including the final %? No idea :(</p>
<p>I looked through old threads and the formula is your GPA divided by 25. If you had 100 and divided by 25 that would be a 4.0. So mine is 89.7 which would be 3.59, but a 90 would be 3.6.</p>
<p>I think you would get a more accurate picture if you converted EACH of your course grades and calculated an average. Your transcript gives a course grade for each class, right?</p>
<p>The College Board page is showing you how to do that.</p>
<p>If you are on an A/A-/B+/B/B- scale, you use the conversion of letters to numbers that they give on that link, and take an average.</p>
<p>If you are on a 100-point scale, you use the conversion of point RANGES to letter grades to numbers that they show, and take an average.</p>
<p>Some schools don’t use plus/minus. Anything 90 or over is an A, anything from 80-89 is a B, etc. That’s what colleges see: As, Bs, Cs, etc. These are converted to an average using A=4, B=3, etc. That’s kind of a drag for people who get an 89, but it’s nice for people who get a 90!</p>