<p>so guys, this has been bugging me for a while and i know they will "take this into account," but does anyone else have a high school grading scale that says 93-100 is an A while 85-92 is a B? I have like straight 92s and 91s in my APs which would count as As at any other school but they are Bs in mine so it brings down my GPA...honestly, if a 90-100 is an A my UW GPA would be like a 4.0.. but since it is not i have like a 3.7-ish...ughhh <em>shakes fist</em></p>
<p>same system here. I wouldn't worry about it since there's nothing we can do anywayz.</p>
<p>I have the opposite problem. My freshman year GPA is much higher than my sophomore and junior year GPA because the school I attended freshman year graded with A range beginning 89.5 (They didn't have A-) while my current school was as you had described. Thus, it wasn't too difficult to get a 4.0 freshman year. However, when I moved to my current school, my GPA dropped significantly. Will NU consider that a serious downward trend? I did have an upward trend for the other three years but soph/junior years were still lower than freshman year GPA.</p>
<p>On my school's transcripts they see what each grade is worth ... so if a B or a B+ is really worth 88-92 or something it's listed there. Maybe check out if this happens at your school too? And I know sometimes GCs have to explain the grading system on that sheet you give them ... no?</p>
<p>and expo2005: i think that in reality, you're fine. they'll realize that there was a switch in schools and consequently, grading systems changed.</p>
<p>When your GC fills out the recommendation, she also fills out a "School Profile" which describes how YOUR school's GPA system works. NU will know that your GPA was lower because your school does GPA different and will take that into account. Don't worry! Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>yeah, my school puts the actual number grades on the transcript so they'll see i got 92s and 91s instead of like an 87...hopefully it'll help..it's just frustrating knowing that my GPA would have been higher if we had a normal 10 point scale, i got used to that growing up and then i moved here for high school</p>
<p>expo: i kind of have a "downward trend" problem too because i took much harder classes senior and junior years... so i got like a 3.9 fresh/soph year and just got my semester grades today...91 in ap french lang, 92 in ap english lit, 85 in ap calc bc (failed the midterm...), etc so my GPA is def not as high as it used to be either. I'm sure they'll notice you moved as they will notice my GPA slipped when i started taking harder classes, so hopefully we'll be okay.</p>
<p>p.s. i just got a northwestern letter and a viewbook today confirming my app and my mom thought it was a rejection letter cuz it was a thin envelope ;) hehe</p>
<p>hey guys, another question</p>
<p>my friend was telling me colleges like northwestern recalculate your GPA. does anyone know how this works exactly or is it just that APs get a little more weight than honors classes, honors classes get a little more weight than normal, etc?</p>
<p>and is it like A= something, A- = something lower, B+= something lower or is it like A and A- = same thing</p>
<p>and do they use your school's grading scale?</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>