% GPA vs. Letter GPA - Which one do schools look at?

Applying to College
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<p>Which one is the one colleges look at?</p>

<p>Schools give letter GPA's differently. For me it's:</p>

<p>90-100 = A = 4
80-89 = B = 3
75-79 = C = 2
70-74 = D = 1
0 -69 = F = 0</p>

<p>Freshman year I mistakenly assumed that a % average over 97 was a 4.0.
Instead, it was based off the letter grades obtained in class.</p>

<p>MY QUESTION:
What looks better - a student with a 4.0 (all A's) with a 90% average
or a student with a 95 average but with a lower GPA </p>

<p>I've been burdened with many 89's in my high school years, but still maintain a 93-94 average. I do not have a 4.0 GPA, but certainly I have done better in school than many students that barely obtained an A with a 90 in a class.</p>

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<p>They look at the transcript…however grades are reported on the school’s official transcript.</p>

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<p>Schools that don’t use percentage grades don’t use percentage grades. There would be absolutely no way for a college to distinguish between someone who got a 90 in every class and has a 4.0 and someone who got a 100 in every class and has a 4.0, but there would be an enormous apparent difference between someone who got an 89 in every class and has a 3.0.</p>