<p>Hi! I was wondering if you could help me with this:
In my country one is graded on a 1-10 scale - 1 being the lowest and 10 the highest grade - but all of them (including semester and final ones) are either rounded up or down. I.e.: My first semester grade in Math was an 8, rounded down from an 8,45. If your grade ranges between 8,00 - 8.4900 then it is rounded down to an 8. If it is bewteen 8.49999(9)-9.00 then it si rounded up to a 9. I tried to convert my GPA after CB's grading scale, thus:
B+ (87-89) = 3.3
B (83-86) = 3.0
B- (80-82) = 2.7
If my sem grade was 8.45 (or 8.20, 7.60 etc, you get the point), then how should I calculate it, or rather how would the adcoms calculate it: Using 2.7 (cause in my report card it is 8 which appears not 8.45) or 3.0 - and thus maybe granting me a few points? I do not dare to think they would award me a 2.3 or a 2.0, if my grade would be rounded up from a, say, 7.5 or 7.8.
C+ (77-79) = 2.3
C (73-76) = 2.0
I know several people told me not to worry about my American GPA, b/c i just have to send them my transcripts and they'll figure out the rest, but I still want to know how I stack up academically.
Thus my sophomore GPA would either be 3.94 or 3.92 (and believe me, it counts) and my freshman one would be either 3.82 or 3.88 (is it a good uW GPA?).
Thank you very much and sorry if it was a bit long but I really need some clarifications. :)</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>
<p>bump please help or post a link to another thread if the problem was already discussed</p>
<p>the people who are telling you not to worry about your american GPA are correct -- there is no way to compare your school's grading scale to that of the typical US grading scale. for that matter -- it is hard to compare grading scales from one US school to another.</p>
<p>Colleges are going to look at the transcript they recieve (so you might ask and see exactly how the scores are reflected on the transcript) and then they will put that information into context by seeing what classes you took (how rigorous, what subjects, etc) and how you did relative to your class (your class rank -- top 10%, #3, etc). They will also refer to your teacher recs and see what is said -- top student, worked hard, naturally gifted in math, etc.</p>
<p>Think of it this way -- Bob goes to school at Kansas High School, takes Algebra I in 10th grade (not honors, just plain algebra) and gets an A, his GPA is 3.9. He goes to a small school where most kids do not plan to attend any college -- and many kids drop out -- so he is ranked #3 in his class. He doesn't take any honors or AP classes, and makes all A's because the teachers like him and he is the captain of the winning football team.</p>
<p>Joe goes to school in Korea, where just about every kid in his school is hoping to attend an Ivy league school in the US. He took algebra I in 7th grade -- and just finished AP Calc BC in 10th grade and got a B. His school has a tough grading scale and the teachers are brutal when it comes to grading. He is ranked in the top 10%, but his UW GPA is only 3.5. </p>
<p>How do you think colleges will compare the two kids? Even though Joe from Korea has a lower class rank and lower GPA, do you really think that Harvard is going to compare them directly? colleges will look at the whole picture to decide how the GPA fits into that picture.</p>
<p>If your school has sent kids to the schools you are applying to, that is even better (they already have experience with the grading scale).</p>
<p>You may run into a few issues at smaller state colleges in the US -- they may not have the experience to correctly interpret your GPA, but larger state colleges and just about any college that admits more than a handful of international students will do a good job.</p>
<p>Quick question (posting here because i don't want to make a new topic)</p>
<p>How do you convert 0-100% Average grading scale into a normal 4.0 scale GPA?<br>
I've seen many people saying that 90-100 is a 4.0, but i really doubt that its true. I had a 91 average this year, but i have 4 B's. I really dont think 4 B's come out to be a 4.0.<br>
I know alot of people say not to convert your school's grading scale, but i just want to see how my grade would compare to others.</p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu/Faculty/dwhittaker/percent2gpa.htm%5DPercent*to*GPA*conversion*chart%5B/url">http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu/Faculty/dwhittaker/percent2gpa.htm]Percent*to*GPA*conversion*chart[/url</a>]
is the conversion chart on this site accurate?</p>
<p>That chart is somewhat accurate, but to calculate it more accurately, follow this method:</p>
<p>Here you go:
A+ means nothing on the 4.0 unweighted scale.
An A is a 4.0
An A- is a 3.7
A B+ is a 3.3
A B is a 3.0
A B- is a 2.7
A C+ is a 2.3
A C is a 2.0
A C- is a 1.7
A D+ is a 1.3
A D is a 1.0
A D- is a .7
Anything lower and you are failing (0)</p>
<p>Add up your semester grades using these point values, divide by the number of classes, and that number is your unweighted GPA on the 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>Don't believe me? Here you go: <a href="http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/imag...nt_Average.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/imag...nt_Average.pdf</a></p>
<p>Most top colleges use the scale posted above, with the exceptions being the Universities of California (see their website for how they calculate it, as it is rather complicated to explain).
93-100 is an A
90-93 is an A-
87-89 is a B+
83-86 is a B
80-83 is a B-
77-79 is a C+
73-76 is a C
70-73 is a C-
67-69 is a D+
63-66 is a D
60-66 is a D-
Under 60- Failure</p>
<p>Thank you so much, that really cleared things up for me.</p>
<p>But, what exactly is a 90-91% average on that scale? 3.4? 3.5?</p>
<p>AGH.</p>
<p>Colleges look at class rank, not your gpa. read michelle hernandez's book; I didn't read the whole thing, only like 10 pages cuz I was bored, but it explained it pretty well.</p>
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<p>Colleges look at both. Otherwise, how would colleges judge students whose schools do not rank?!</p>
<p>ok, they look at your grades, but they use class rank to do the academic index.</p>
<p>colleges receive a grade distribution, and it's pretty easy to estimate about where you stand in relation to your peers</p>