Grading Scale

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hey Guys,
I’m a rising senior and up until junior year I hadn’t put much thought into my GPA. My school calculates GPA on a complicated scale where a 90/A = 4.0, but 100/A = 5.0 in a regular class. so a 51/F = .1 and every point from there builds. So 52/F = .2, 60/D = 1.0, 70/C = 2.0, etc. Honors classes award an extra .5 and AP award an extra 1.0. So 100 in AP class = 6.0. That feels really off to me. My question is will colleges recalculate my GPA since it has been inflated off the regular 4.0 scale, or just run by what my school has been using?

My second question is, my school just transitioned to a 10 point grading scale this year. So this year grades were
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
0 - 59 = F

The old scale was
93-100 = A
85 - 92 = B
77 - 84 = C
70 - 76 = D
0 - 69 = F

My question is since most colleges use a 10 point scale, will the convert the 7 point scale grades to a 10 point scale? Grades were still the same 85/B = 3.0, 93/A = 4.0, 100/A = 5.0.

My last question is about my freshman year grades. I went to a rigorous private school freshman year. I managed to only earn mainly Bs. I would have been EASILY capable to make straight As at the public school I attend now. Will colleges see that I attended a rigorous private school and treat those grades differently or just lump them into my public school grades? Those freshman year grades are calculated into my GPA which is causing me to only have a weighted GPA of 3.6, even with the help of the new grading scale this past year.

Thanks
Ephus

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“My question is will colleges recalculate my GPA”

Mostly yes. Either that or just look at your actual grades and/or compare GPA with others from your school only.

“will they convert the 7 point scale grades to a 10 point scale?”

This I don’t know.

“Will colleges see that I attended a rigorous private school and treat those grades differently or just lump them into my public school grades”

I think that they might adjust a little bit, but mostly a B is a B. Fortunately a 3.6 overall is decent. It probably won’t get you into Ivy League or equivalent, but should be sufficient to get you into for example most state flagships, where you will be able to do very well. Also, an increasing GPA over time is a good thing, so that sophomore and especially junior year grades will matter a lot more than freshman year grades. Some schools (eg, some U.California’s and most schools in Canada) don’t even consider freshman year grades at all.