<p>I'm a domestic resident in the US who completed high school in another country (Guyana-South America) and is applying to unis. Now I know I'll need to get my high school transcript evaluated by some accredited evaluation service but what I'm somewhat worried about is how high or low my GPA might turn out to be. I attended the 4th highest highschool back there and getting Ds and Cs were quite common. Our teachers and stuff weren't that great and its safe to say the entire educational situation there is quite frustrating. I guess I'm worried that might GPA might turn out to be horrid and will ruin my chance at good unis. How exactly does one go about converting percentages into GPA. My school did assign grades but an A in my school can be different from an A in another. How exactly is an international transcript evaluated and is there any way to just convert it to a GPA?</p>
<p>Since I am not familiar with your educational system, I cannot help you with the translation (can only help for A Levels and IB). However, if your previous educational system was tough, then don’t worry, those evaluation services know about that.</p>
<p>An estimated class rank can go a long way to put your grades into perspective. If your counselor (or whoever completes your school report) can state that you were in the top 25% of your class, that would show that you are a pretty good students regardless of what your grades actually are.</p>
<p>The international supplement to the school report will also ask for an explanation of your grading scale. At my school, the grading scale explanation might have looked like this:</p>
<p>1 - excellent; about 10% of all grades awarded
2 - very good; about 20% of all grades awarded
3 - good; about 30% of all grades awarded
4 - satisfactory; about 30% of all grades awarded
5 - deficient; about 10% of all grades awarded
6 - failed; awarded rarely</p>