<p>Is there anyone who gets into princeton who doesnt have a 4.0. I mean does anyone get in whose had some B's before or, has the competition become so stiff that its mainly just kids who have never recieved anything less than an A competing for spots.</p>
<p>well up till my soph year, i got alot of b's some a's and maybe even a b-, but now i get straight a's. i dont know how they will look at rising scores but i hope that they look at it favorably.</p>
<p>I have a 3.97 uw...</p>
<p>B in Physics I Soph year</p>
<p>I got 5 B+s and 27 A's (2 B+s in frosh year and 3 in senior APs). hopefully thats okay.</p>
<p>What is the conversion exactly to unweighted grades? Is a 95 a 4.0, a 94 a 3.9, etc? Or is a 90 a 4.0, an 89 a 3.9, etc? I'm always confused....</p>
<p>I guess it could differ from system to system. I'm really not sure either</p>
<p>I think its...90 and above is 4.0, then 80-89 3.0 and so one...
well thats how it is at my school</p>
<p>I know it differs on many systems, but isn't there a standard system for everyone applying to a certain college? </p>
<p>For my school, a 95 at the CP2 level (the normal level below honors) is a 4.0. Does this mean my grades are based on a 95=4.0 system? Or do colleges convert your grades to a GPA for them. I guess it makes sense both ways, but I'm not sure what the answer is.</p>
<p>Average GPA (unweighted) as of c/o 2009: 3.8</p>
<p>Conversion:</p>
<p>90-100+: A (4)
80-89: B (3)
70-79: C (2) --Actually, I'm a bit iffy on this one... I just know that this is done in college...
60-69: D
Below 60: F</p>
<p>our school uses:
94-100=A=4.0
90-93=B+=3.5
84-89=B=3.0
80-83=C+=2.5
etc...
we get an extra .5 "quality point" for a B or higher in AP/honors classes (an A in an AP averages into your GPA as a 4.5), I guess to "unweigh" my GPA, they'll recalculate it without the extra point.</p>
<p>8 or 9 b's too many? albeit out of 34(?) classes, so it's not horrible, but which gpa scale does princeton follow? the straight a,b,c 4,3,2 scale?</p>
<p>So are we agreeing that your unweighted GPA is determined by your HS guidelines, or by the colleges you are applying to?</p>
<p>Has anyone here been accepted or knows someone who was accepted with a GPA high 3.7 to low 3.8</p>
<p>That's the average unweighted GPA, tiversrx.</p>
<p>If thats the average than why do so many people think that having that GPA automatically puts you out of the competition.</p>
<p>Also does anyone know if their reported unweighted GPA discard all the + and -</p>
<p>Misinformation. Plain and simple.</p>
<p>You see people with 5.0's and the likes. But, many of them took classes that heavily weighted their GPA's. When you see the unweighted, many applicants are at 3.2-3.5.</p>
<p>My weighted GPA is much higher than my unweighted could be (I don't know what it is because I don't know how to calculate it). My cumulative weighted GPA is a 4.713, and this year I'm getting a 5 so it will bump it up a little more. However, I may have either a 4.0 (based on 4.0=90-100) or a 3.97 (based on 4.0=95). Hopefully I can eliminate doubt and bring it up to a 4.0 in both cases.</p>
<p>All my child's courses were AP or honors and my D/S got some B's and B+'s to go along with a majority of A's and A+'s. My child was
accepted last year RD - not a recruited athlete or legacy but very good SAT's, EC's, and recommendations. So if you have something else to bring to the table, you don't need to be a 4.0 student to get in.</p>