<p>As I've been reading these posts I realized something.</p>
<p>Many HS have an A (4.0) as 90% or higher. My HS's A is a 93% or higher. I have a 3.9 because of a couple of Bs that were 91s% and 92s% and they took my gpa down. So basically my question is when colleges recalculate gpas do they take the percentile into it?</p>
<p>I have same concern.</p>
<p>anybody? lol</p>
<p>This is why they need your high school's profile. Not all high schools are the same. An A in one high school is a C/B in another. Admissions cannot remember every high school. Grading information should be in your high school's profile. This is also why the sat/act is important. My son's high school profile lists: the grading system (explains that a 93+is needed for an A), classes required for graduation, the curriculum, # of students that took specific APs, gpa grade distribution for seniors, explains why they do not rank, states how many students scored in certain ranges on the sats/sat IIs. I like the graph they show on gpa. It shows how the average gpa in our high school is between 3.0-3.5. I think that is important b/c it shows that this high school does not dispense As easily. It shows how rare it is to have a 3.9.</p>
<p>I would ask your guidance counselor for a copy of your high school's profile, read it, and make sure that they send it to the colleges that you are applying to. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>A 90 - 92 should be an A-. An A has always been 90 and over.</p>
<p>why not just give percentages????</p>
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<blockquote> <p>A 90 - 92 should be an A-. An A has always been 90 and over.</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Maybe over where you live. Not all counties have the same grading scale.</p>
<p>My county's grading scale:
A - 93 - 100
B - 86 - 92
C - 84 - 77
D - 76 - 70
F - 69 and below</p>
<p>We also don't do A-, A+, B-, etc. It's just a letter.</p>
<p>From what I know (from reading things on CC), schools do recalculate GPA.</p>