<p>how do people have a 4.7 or a 4.5 or 4.8 gpa when a 4=100 avrage?</p>
<p>Those would be weighted GPA's depending on the school's system for how or if they award a larger GPA for honors and AP courses. For instance, at my old high school, for an A+ they gave:4.0 (Standard), 4.3(Academic), 5.3(Honors), and 5.8(AP) and the GPA values would continue as such though the differences between Academic/Honors/AP would become less significant for a lower grade, such that a C would have: 2.0 (Academic), 2.2(Honors), and 3(AP). Though every high school is different so this is most certainly not the case everywhere.</p>
<p>Yea, my school has a different scale, an A in my school's Standard program is a 4, Honors is a 5, and AP is 6. So, every school has different GPA measures.</p>
<p>At my school, we don't have weight. So, you can take "Reading for Beginners" "Fun with basic math" "Cooking" "Physical fitness" and a bunch of other stupid classes, end up with a 4.0, and be a valedictorian.</p>
<p>My school is amazing.</p>
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So, you can take "Reading for Beginners" "Fun with basic math" "Cooking" "Physical fitness" and a bunch of other stupid classes, end up with a 4.0, and be a valedictorian.
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yeah, but you won't get into a decent college...</p>