GPA Scale

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>My high school normally uses the the 4 point scale for the GPA. This means that an A=4, a B=3, and so on. However, AP classes are weighted at my school, which means that an A=5, B=4, C=3, and so on...</p>

<p>I put down my weighted GPA (4.2051) on the Common App, but what do I select for the GPA scale option? Do I select 5 or 4?</p>

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<p>thats 4 point scale still</p>

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<p>Interesting. I’ve always wondered what a 5 point scale is. The assumption is that 5 points means you take AP’s. However, at most schools, it is impossible to get a 5.0 overall, since you cannot take many AP’s freshman or soph year. So, it is wrong to say that your 4.3 is truly out of 5. Our valedictorian had a 4.6. That is truly the highest you would be able to get. So, isn’t our school on a 4.6 scale?
What is a 5 scale?</p>

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A school where the top unweighted grade converts to a 5.0. I can’t find an example of a school that uses one, but here is a school that uses a 6 point grading system:</p>

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<a href=“http://www.kent-school.edu/sites/kent-school.edu/files/ksprofile2014.pdf”>http://www.kent-school.edu/sites/kent-school.edu/files/ksprofile2014.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Interesting. It just seems that so many people talk about a typical weighted GPA as being on a 5 pt scale, when it’s actually not.</p>

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<p>Weighed GPA has no standard and I have seen schools calling this a 4.0 or 5.0 scale. I have seen both ways from different schools’ descriptions. It may look confusing but the school would look at your transcript and figure it out their own way anyway. To me, I will consider the weighed GPA in 5.0 scale as the classes with extra weight can reach 5.0. Some schools even give weighed GPA up to 7.0. For my D’s school, they offer a subgrade increase for advanced class but still capped at 4.0. In that case, it is a real 4.0 weighed scale without dispute.</p>