GPA Question

<p>In Tennessee, grading is 93-100 A, 85-92 B, and so on. I believe Tennessee is the only state with a different grading scale. Otherwise it's 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, correct?</p>

<p>So my question is, I'm looking to go OOS to California. Do I use California's grading scale or the one Tennessee assigned when computing my GPA? (particularly UC GPA)</p>

<p>If I must use TN's grading system, they really screwed me over.</p>

<p>Tennessee is not the only state to use those grade cuts. It also varies by school. Use your school’s grade cutoffs.</p>

<p>No, TN is not the only state with such policies. Your neighbors over in NC are the same way :).</p>

<p>You will be evaluated in the context of your school’s policies. A B is a B, unless your school shows the number grade as well as the letter grade on your transcript and the colleges you apply to recalculate GPA.</p>

<p>^^^ glassesarechic has it correct…</p>

<p>“unless your school shows the number grade as well as the letter grade on your transcript”</p>

<p>So, to the extent possible have the number grade entered on your transcript. </p>

<p>Here’s some NC info to help you feel a little less picked on…</p>

<p>Grading in North Carolina requires a high grade point to receive a good letter grade.
here is the standard K-12 letter grade/grade point scale
A+ 99 - 100
A 96 - 98
A- 93 - 95
B+ 91 - 92
B 88 - 90
B- 85 - 87
C+ 83 - 84
C 80 - 82
C- 77 - 79
D+ 75 - 76
D 73 - 74
D- 70 - 72
F 0 - 69</p>

<p>Lots of (but not all) NC counties require students complete one or several prerequisite courses (and receive high scores) before a student can take a AP class in the subject (think honors Physics BEFORE you can take AP Physics). So access to AP’s and high WGPA can be very limited. </p>

<p>So - Funny thing, in our North Carolina county and school it’s actually much harder to achieve a high WGPA than it is for most OOS or private school students, who’s schools are not as restrictive with honors and AP classes.</p>

<p>One more fun fact - some high schools run Block schedules that allow only 4 classes a semester. If you take an elective or many AP’s they can take up 1 Block each in both semesters, and that leaves you with few options to boost a WGPA.</p>

<p>Ah, I was told that Tennessee was the only one. Maybe a bunch of highschoolers who are bitter about it.</p>

<p>At my school we receive number grades, then we have a scale to look on. They do not list our grades as a 97 A or A 97. They just say the number and you have to look elsewhere for grade scale if you don’t know. </p>

<p>I got a load of 92s in my sophmore and junior years, so this is disheartening…</p>

<p>If your school shares the number grade, I think you’re fine.</p>

<p>ncmentor, my county does not have pluses/minuses at all.</p>

<p>Is it statewide for Tennessee or just your school/county?</p>

<p>it’s statewide.</p>

<p>Just putting up my GPA with TN’s grading will be unimpressive against other students from states with the 90-100 grade scale. It’s the difference between a UC GPA of 3.77 and 4.11…</p>

<p>Just doesn’t seem fair to me :(</p>

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Yeah, the NC system has kind of done that to me too. I’ve gotten a bunch of grades that are 92s, and that’s really dropped my UW GPA</p>