<p>If an A in a regular class in my school is a 4.0, but an A in an AP/Honors class is a 5.0, does my school use the 4-point scale or 5? </p>
<p>I'm asking because when I submitted some of my apps, I put the 5-point scale, even though my weighted GPA is 4.13. If I was supposed to put 4-points, can I still notify the colleges about this mistake?</p>
<p>4 point, with weighting for AP/Honors. If the schools want to know your unweighted average, use 4 for an A in AP/Honors instead of the 5, etc.</p>
<p>Is it worth emailing them about this mistake, then? Because my school profile and transcript should clarify these things and indicate that my school has, in fact, a 4-point grading scale. Then again, I’m afraid that the adcoms, seeing a 4.13 in a misleading 5-point grading scale, might have a bad first impression when reading my app or, worst of all, throw my application directly into the reject pile without looking at my profile/transcript for a clarification (yes, that last statement was directed toward my more selective schools).</p>
<p>Juvenis, my daughter has done this the same way as you. They have the same grading system. The common app asks for both weighted and unweighted grades and scale. She has put unweighted scale 4 and weighted scale 5.
Logically, scientifically, you guys are correct because, a scale is the maximum value you can get in a measurement. If you get all As you get 4.0 unweighted, regardless of your courses. If some of your classes are weighted, and you get all As, you will get a score between 4 and 5. The only way you can get a 5.0 is if all your classes are weighted, and all grades are As. So scale is 5.0.
I will also ask her to confirm this with her guidance counselor today.</p>
<p>Just checked my school profile. It says my school uses 4-point system.</p>
<p>Now my next question is: can this mistake be amended by my transcript and high school profile? Both should say 4-point system, but I’m worried that the admissions might look at my self-reported GPA in my application first and consequently misleading them into thinking I have bad grades. I already emailed all the schools that use the Common App, but I’m getting anxious…will colleges even consider the self-report?</p>
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<p>The colleges will figure it out when they get the school profile. Relax.</p>