<p>Hi; I am a freshman (going to be a sophomore next year) and am interested in how Stanford University recalculates GPAs in their admissions process. I know they "disregard" frosh grades, but still-- I currently have A's in 3 of my classes, and A+'s in all other classes (three are counted as "core"/"academic"), and intend to keep them that way throughout HS. Would both the A and A+s count as 4.0s, or would only the A+'s count as a 4.0 (therefore causing the A's to lower my GPA)?</p>
<p>Stanford recalculates your grades on an unweighed 4.0 scale. I believe +/- are disregarded and the highest possible recalculated GPA is 4.0 which is all A's</p>
<p>If +/- are disregarded, what do you think would happen to my B+s? The scale is:</p>
<p>A: 94-100
B+: 90-93
B: 84-89
etc.</p>
<p>I know that most UCs calculate an A as a 90-100. Would this mean that all my B+s magically become As? Because that would be sweet.</p>
<p>Yeah, that would be quite sweet...so bump</p>
<p>According to the Stanford application, the form your GC fills out asks for the school's grading system.</p>
<p>they only count academic grades (not PE or arts)</p>
<p>Whether they calculate them in a GPA or not, the college sees all the grades. It's just like the SAT's--they take the hihest, but see them all (unless, of course, you have put a hold on them).</p>
<p>Okay, but at my school, an A+ is the highest grade you can recieve. If I get , for example, 2 As and 5 A+s in academic subjects (disregard the nonacademics-- those were A+ as well, but... yea) -- then would it turn out to be an A nevertheless?</p>
<p>yupp.</p>
<p>A: 4
B: 3
C: 2</p>
<p>I don't think anybody needs to go lower than that.</p>
<p>Whether you have +/-, it's still the letter grade. Just because you have a B+ doesn't mean it goes up to an A. It means you weren't "good enough" for an A =__=;</p>
<p>i know, it's really stupid, especially since there's a HUGE decimal number gap between B+ and B.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if that's how they'd adjust the grades. It seems to me that it would make more sense to go along point lines. So, if an A in California is 90-100 and a B+ here is 90-93, B+s should become As.</p>
<p>Just a thought.</p>
<p>Wait, so A-s look the same as A+s? I was under the impression that Stanford took +/- into consideration. Can anyone validate any of this?</p>
<p>I know for sure that they don't look at the freshman grades, (that doesn't mean get D's freshman year, hah) but... I'm not sure with the 4.0 stuff. my school has an 8 point scale;
A+ = 8
A= 7
B+ =6...
you get the idea.
So I'm not sure how that would be recalculated.</p>
<p>My school weights grades by adding points (+2 for honors, +4 for AP) to the actual grade, not the GPA. For example, if you really got a 91 in an AP class it would be a 95 on your grade report. Would Stanford remove these points when they recalculate? Because that would suck...</p>
<p>But 4.0 is the highest you can get either way... I think...</p>
<p>ubetteraccept_me, I'm not quite sure about the answer to your question, but on the recommendation form that your counselor fills out, it asks what each grade corresponds to. For example, it says that an A = 90-100 (or whatever it is at your school) and so forth and so on. I believe it might ask about how your weighted grades factor into things, but I'm not sure. It'd be a good idea to ask your counselor if you guys are still in school.</p>
<p>they won't pay much attention to your soph year grades, right?</p>
<p>especially when someone is new immigrant or his or her native language is not english......just like me. is that right?</p>
<p>here is my situation: I am now living in Canada( my family immigrated to Canada in April 2005.)
but i still got As in all the academic courses including english (in fact, i got the highest mark in my class) except in Science 10, thats not because i am not capable of doing Science, but because i didn't take it very seriously, and i got a high A in Math 12.
so will the Science 10 mark affect their impression of me?</p>
<p>anyone can help me answer the questions?
thanks</p>
<p>bump!!bump!</p>
<p>So you got all As and one non-A?</p>
<p>Your academic record is one of the best out there. Asking such questions and expressing doubt over your record (even if this doubt is geniune) is likely to make others on the forums annoyed.</p>
<p>I didn't mean to do so...</p>
<p>and i don't think my record is the best, cos i got a bunch of Bs and even Cs in PE and Keyborading and some other courses...</p>
<p>anyway, thax for your input.</p>
<p>and the scale in my school is not as rigorous as yours</p>
<p>A: 85-100</p>
<p><em>bump</em>
DZhang has made a point-- some schools take an 85-100 as an A, while others make an 93 or higher an A. My school happens to take 89.5 and higher as an A, and 94.5 or higher as an A+.
So i suppose that it is the CLASS RANK that is most important. Can somebody please verify this?</p>