GPA???

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<p>Heyyyy,</p>

<p>I know GPA has a huge huge part in college and stuff, and the highest u can get is 4.0, but is there a "standard calculation" for GPA, or it is vary from schools to schools? ALSO, do you have to get 100 on the report card every single year to get a 4.0? </p>

<p>Thanks :) </p>

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No. The GPA calculation varies from school to school. An A is a 4.0, but what the numerical equivalent of an A is left to the individual school.</p>

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<p>It varies from school to school.</p>

<p>Some schools do it by percentage(meaning that an 82% might be a 3.0 while an 89% might be a 3.5)</p>

<p>while others just take the grade and convert it (B = 3.0, A = 4.0 etc etc.)</p>

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Colleges know that different high schools calculate GPA differently, so in many cases they’re more concerned with your grades, course rigor, and class rank (if available) than they are with any number calculated by your school. Some colleges will recalculate a GPA for you using their own methods, but others just eyeball your transcript to see what your grades were and in what courses.<br>

GPA can be on any scale.<br>
An unweighted GPA is a “[g]rade point average calculated with the assumption that all courses the student took will receive equal weight, with no extra points added for honors or Advanced Placement courses. Some colleges specifically ask for an unweighted GPA.”<br>
A weighted GPA is a “[g]rade point average calculated after adding extra points (“weight”) for honors or Advanced Placement courses. Typically this means that an A in these courses receives 5 points rather than 4 and a B receives 4 rather than 3, so the overall GPA can exceed 4.0” ([source](<a href=“http://homeschoolroadmap.com/college-prep-glossary/]source[/url]”>College Prep Glossary | Homeschooled & Headed for College by Denise Boiko)</a>).
Like I said, colleges generally won’t take either of these numbers at face value (especially weighted GPA), because some high schools offer more advanced classes than others, and different high schools calculate weighted GPA differently. You also shouldn’t compared weighted GPAs to unweighted GPAs, because they’re on different scales.

You can get an idea of what your unweighted GPA is on a 4.0 scale as follows.
For a one-credit class, let</p>

<p>A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0</p>

<p>(For a half-credit class, A=2, B=1.5, etc.)
Add up all your grade points and divide by the number of credits attempted.

Usually no, unless your school has a really weird policy. A lot of transcripts don’t even say percent grades, just letter grades. You can usually get a 4.0 unweighted GPA if you never get any grade other than an A (any kind of A, as long as it’s a regular A and not an A minus). </p>

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<p>@aalbbmvm‌ generally, there is a standard GPA calculation and a standard equivalence. No you do not need a 100 to get an A, 4.0, or over. You need at least a 90 to get an A.
SCALE: POINTS:
A= 90-100 4
B= 80-89 3
C= 70-79 2
D= 60-69 1
When you get your report card, what ever number you get is your grade based on the SCALE above. Used the SCALE to find the POINTS and add all the points and get the average, therefor it will result in your GPA.
Now it is possible to get 5 points instead of 4, but it has to be an AP class or other high specific curriculum course.
Example: SCALE Points
class 1 you got 73© 2
Class 2 you got 84(b) 3
Class 3 you got 64(d) 1
Class 4 you got 91(a) 4
Add all points: 2+3+1+4= 10
Get the average : 10/4= 2.5
GPA is 2.5
This is what most schools use but I don’t know if you’re school will do the this same method, but it should if it’s a public school. </p>

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<p>Many high schools don’t use a 10-point scale, and I think if you used that conversion you’d end up with too high a number. A lot of times a 90 is an A minus or a B. </p>

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<p>@halcyonheather‌ a lot of colleges drop the plus and minuses when analyzing grades.</p>