<p>Hi. I'm a Senior this year looking to get into a very competitive school.</p>
<p>Up until this year, my school has graded on an 8 point system.
A = 92-100
B - 84-91
C=76 - 83
D = 68-75
F = < 68</p>
<p>Now they've changed it to the standard 10 point system, in which anything between 90 and 100 inclusive is an A and so on.</p>
<p>In the letter that the school sent to myself and my parents this summer it said that this change is "not retroactive", meaning all of the 91s that I hypothetically got in freshman-junior year are still B's instead of A's. And since our school, as most do I believe, calculates GPA based on our grade letters rather than our numerical scores, my GPA is lower than it "should" be.</p>
<p>This was acceptable (though a bit gimping when it came to scholarships and etc) back when we were on the 8 point scale and colleges knew that we were, but I'm afraid that now it's going to say on my transcript that all the grades I got were on the 10 point scale. The guidance counselor confirmed this fear.</p>
<p>So what should I do in this situation. I asked the guidance counselor why it was this way and apparently there's a reason but she can't tell me what it is...................</p>