AP and Accelerated classes top out at 5.0 for A’s. Honors level classes top out at 4.5. Standard classes top out at 4.0. Below Standard (I’m guessing SPED classes) top out at 3.5. No valedictorian or salutatorian, and no ranking. Oddly enough, our school doesn’t follow what I’d assumed was a typical scheme below the top scores. For example, on Standard classes, rather than an A- being a 3.7 and a B+ being a 3.3, our school calls a B+ a 3.5, so a B is treated as a 3.3 instead of a 3.0. This effect telegraphs through all levels and all grades.
At my school, almost everything is weighted, and the max gpa is 4.8/4.0, which seems really confusing but you get used to it. A 100 is a 5.0, a 99 is a 4.9, and so on. Last year the val’s GPA was 4.67
@Crouton1262803
It’s not 4.8/4, it must be 4.8/5 because 4.0 is unweighted, 5.0 weighted. If yours is 4.8 and last Val’s 4.67 then you are in line for Val/Sal.
@WorryHurry411 I’m sorry, I don’t understand it either, but copied from my schools website: “The theoretical maximum GPA is 4.8 on a 4.0 scale, reflecting the number of required unweighted courses as well as 1 additional grade point for pre-AP, AP, and advanced courses.” The maximum GPA is 4.8, I have a 4.4
@Crouton1262803
No need to say sorry, it is confusing. Your 4.4 is still very good. Keep it up.
@WorryHurry411 Thanks!
I believe the valedictorian had a GPA of 4.3 this year.
Our weighting scale
AP – 4.5 (A+), 4.4 (A), 4.2 (A-), 4 (B+), etc.
Honors – 4.3 (A+), 4.2 (A), 4 (A-), 3.67 (B+), etc.
College Prep – 4.2 (A+), 4 (A), 3.67 (A-), etc.