<p>No I have a GPA lol. We have the ten point scale. Like I said, I just wanted to know if any colleges actually use the + and -.</p>
<p>Again, none that I know of, but many of the colleges will re-weight your gpa due to the fact that some schools are on a 7 pt. scale, this is y my s has a gpa that ranges from 3.41-3.68 ...on a ten he would be at 3.68. Only 1 has him on that scale, the rest are at 3.41 uw (7pt)</p>
<p>y cant there be just one universal gpa system that we all use....</p>
<p>That would just be too logical...</p>
<p>i think most schools use UW gpa and look at courses you take. weighted gpa is really just to pat you on the back.</p>
<p>my school is strange
A : 85+
A- : 80-84
B+ 75-79
B 70-74</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>But the only convert your scores once u are close to graduation. before then you just get a transcript with your % marks and neither an average or gpa</p>
<p>"colleges will re-weight your gpa by their stds."</p>
<p>teeheehee</p>
<p>Anyway, there isn't any such thing as a "good" or "bad" weighting system. I used to get freaked out when I heard about people (usually from other states) with 4.8 out of 4.0 and other such nonsense, thinking I didn't have a chance, since such a score isn't even possible in my county. The truth is, the weights really only matter for ranking you within your own school. Colleges just convert all grades from all transcripts to their own scale, and look at the unweighted (no AP bonus, no Honors bonus if you're in a cushy school system that awards that) GPA. It's neat.</p>
<p>Whoa, I just posted about this in a different thread:</p>
<p>"In my county, GPAs are calculated based on each year-long (or occasionally semester-long) course. To get an A, or 4.0, for the course, you only need a 3.5 for the year. Each quarter or exam is translated into quality points (4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0), and the GPA is found by adding first quarter + second quarter + 1/2 quality points for midterm + third quarter + 1/2 quality points for final and dividing by five. So, theoretically, someone could get 3 A's and 3 B's in a class (or all A's and an E on the final, or A A [A] A C [A], or A A [D] A A [C], brackets denoting exams... the possibilities are endless!) -- or in all of their classes -- and still get a 4.0 for the year. </p>
<p>Is this weird? Or do a lot of schools do this, and am I dumb for typing out that whole paragraph of explanation? I mean, I know that some schools do GPA based on percentage, etc. But do a lot of other schools use this extremely lax formula for calculating GPAs? I feel guilty sometimes because I got a bunch of B's freshman year -- one class was actually B B ** A A [A] -- and still got a 4.0 cumulative GPA. (I then vowed to eliminate B's from my report cards forever and was successful sophomore year, but I slipped up this quarter and got one.) Anyways, supposedly, colleges don't get to see our individual quarter grades. Is my GPA misleading?"</p>
<p>Does anyone else's school do this?</p>
<p>is this average?:
100-93 = A
92-90 = A-
89-88= B+
87-83= B
82-80 = B-
79-78 = C+
77-73 = C
...
etc.?</p>
<p>and are you guys sure that colleges will recalculate GPAs to an unweighted scale? my school doesn't rank, btw</p>
<p>My school is a bit different than everyone elses. We are based on a 4.0 scale (unweighted)</p>
<p>4.0 - A (100-93)
3.0 - B (92-85)
2.0 - C (84-78)
1.0 - D (77-70)
0.0 - F (69-0)</p>
<p>.17 is added for every honors/AP class.</p>
<p>detailed scale
GPA | Percent
4.0 | 100-99
3.9 | 98-97
3.8 | 96-95
3.7 | 94-93
3.6 | 92-91
3.5 | 90-89
3.4 | 88-87
3.3 | 86-85
3.2 | 84-83
3.1 | 82-81
3.0 | 80
2.9 | 79
2.8 | 78
2.7 | 77
2.6 | 76
2.5 | 75
2.4 | 74
2.3 | 73
2.2 | 72
2.1 | 71
2.0 | 70
1.9 | 69
1.8 | 68
1.7 | 67
1.6 | 66
1.5 | 65
1.4 | 64
1.3 | 63
1.2 | 62
1.1 | 61
1.0 | 60
0.9 | 59
0.8 | 58
0.7 | 57</p>
<p>...yeah, haha, my school doesn't even do this whole 4.0 thing. everything is out of 100, and that's the way I like it. :D
(for weighting GPAs, they multiply your grade by 1.03 for honors and 1.06 for AP. Since my APs are my best subjects, it is pretty sweet. ^_^)</p>
<p>My school assigns point values for each grade. The semester grade ignores minuses and pluses.</p>
<p>A: 4
B: 3
C: 2
D: 1
F: 0</p>
<p>You get an extra point for honors or AP classes for Cs and higher. However, not all honors classes count for the extra point because my school uses the UC system officially and many of the classes aren't recognized by the UC for honors for some reason. It's really stupid because I don't even want to go to the UCs and it still affects me.</p>
<p>I think my school is pretty regular. They recalculate it after the whole year's passed, but then in senior year they do it every trimester.</p>
<p>A: 4.0
B: 3.0
C: 2.0
NC (no credit, we don't have D's): 0.0</p>
<p>A plus adds .3, a minus subtracts .3 (so B+ = 3.3, A- = 3.7). The teacher figures out your letter grade based on...</p>
<p>100-97: A+
96-94: A
93-90: A-
89-87: B+
86-84: B
83-80: B-
79-77: C+
76-74: C
73-70: C-
69-00: NC (no credit)</p>
<p>In school we actually don't use letter grades, we use 'advanced, proficient, basic and no credit'. But they use letter grades on actual report cards. And there's no weighting for AP's or honors classes at all (well, we technically don't have honors classes, but that's another story). </p>
<p>Question: You guys were saying most colleges don't look at +'s or -'s. Do you mean that when they get your grades and are recalculating your GPA, an A- is changed to and A, and so is an A+? Just checking.</p>
<p>Is it possible that a comulative score average of 94 or 95 be considered as 4.0 ?
90 as 4.0 ?</p>
<p>At my school GPA’s are out of a 5.33 weighted. So for honors and AP classes it’s
A+ 100-97 = 5.33 (4.33 for non honors/AP)
A 96-94 = 5.0 (4.0)
A- 93-90 = 4.7 (3.7)
B+ 89-87 = 4.33 (3.33)
B 86-84 = 4.0 (3.0)
B- 83-80 = 3.7 (2.7)
C+ 79-77 = 3.33 (2.33)
C 76-74 = 3.0 (2.0)
C- 73-70 = 2.7 (1.7)
D+ 69-67 = 2.33 (1.33)
D 66-64 = 2.0 (1.0)
Everything else is no credit lol </p>
<p>Right now I have a 4.9 with 5 honors classes and 2 regular classes (gym and health) what would be my non weighted GPA ?</p>
<p>Unweighted 4.0
Weighted - 6.0
AP / AICE - 6
Honors - 5
Regular4</p>
<p>my school uses the 6 point scale for weighted gpa and the 4 point scale for unweighted.</p>
<p>weighted scale:
A in an AP class- 6 points
A in an honors class- 5 points
A in a standard class- 4 points</p>
<p>Unweighted scale:
A in any type of class: 4 points
B----------3 points
C-----2 points
D-----1 point
F-----0 points</p>
<p>So if I have 72.8 that means I have a 2.3 or 2.2 and does it round up? </p>
<p>Use old threads for reference only. If you have a question, start a new thread. Closing.</p>