So I am a current senior with a 4.068 Weighted GPA, with about 6 or 7 AP Classes(2Bs, one B+, 4 or 5 A’s or A+). Additionally, this is one of the more rigorous courseloads given what has been given to me over the past 4 years/ However, I do not know how colleges view this. What is my UW GPA? Additionally, do colleges take in the W or UW GPA?
Nobody can answer that question on the information provided.
Is this a UC-specific question? Because that’s where you put the thread. UCs consider WGPA based upon their weighting standard.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/gpa-requirement/index.html
Other than UC/CSU, colleges generally consider UW, since there is no standard weighting metric. In some instances, a college will reweight using its own parameters., And no, there is no master list of what colleges reweight.
No, I meant to put in a general thread but messed up. Also, what information can I give to get a UW GPA?
OK, then I’ve moved the thread out of the UC forum.
It should be listed on your transcript. If not, there are online GPA calculators. Prepscholar has one, but ToS prohibits me from linking.
UW GPA is just a straight average of all of your grades - no weighting for honors/AP/Dual enrollment classes. Not every school counts the same though - at some an A+, A or A- are all 4.0s, at others an A- is a 3.7. You need to refer to your school handbook/curriculum guide for the specific way they calculate it. My daughter’s school doesn’t include PE in her GPA.
Your guidance counselor should be able to provide you with a transcript including your school calculated GPA (weighted and unweighted). Keep in mind that some colleges recalculate (internally) each applicants GPA using whatever scale and process they use.
Every course grade that is to be included in the GPA calculation. For many colleges, this includes all academic courses (English, math, history, social studies, science, foreign language, art, music, and academic electives, but not things like PE and health). For UC and CSU, it includes grades after 9th grade in academic courses listed in the a-g categories.
Or you can calculate it yourself by calculating the following:
4 * number of A grades
3 * number of B grades
2 * number of C grades
1 * number of D grades
0 * number of F grades
and divide the sum of the above by the total number of grades.
Plusses and minuses can complicate it though. We used to have minuses, but they didn’t factor into the grade. Pluses including A+ add .2 (4.2 for A+, 3.2 B+, etc.). I think it is more common for A+ to still be 4.0, then B+ 3.5, C+2.5, etc. We count the required PE/Health class, but no other PE classes. If you are applying to a high academic school my guess is all non-academic classes are not counted. If you are looking for scholarship cutoffs at a lower ranked school, probably ALL grades are counted if they recalculate. My oldest was told that a scholarship at a directional state school was based on UW, but weighted was what showed up on his transcript and they never bothered to recalculate it, so he got one level higher scholarship than we expected.
Also adjust for the number of credit hours if they are not all the same.
I’m curious if there is a “standard” way this is handled for the higher academic schools (Ivy, NESCAC, and similar schools).
Not for the UC calculation, but different high schools differentiate between B+/B/B- (3.3/3.0/2.7 is most common, but far from universal). Also, a semester course carries half the credit (usually) of a year long class.
Seems odd to have a bonus for + without a penalty for -.
Probably common would be to drop +/-, or assign the same bonus for + as penalty for - (commonly 0.3 or 0.333 or some such), although A+ may still be given 4.0 instead of 4.3 or whatever.
Remember that if a college recalculates your high school GPA, it may be different from how your high school calculates it.
A common case here is that the year long course would contribute two semester grades, versus one grade for a semester long course.
@Acortez122 If your high school uses an online system where you can log in and see your attendance and grades, there is usually an option to view an unofficial transcript. Your UW GPA will be listed there. If that’s not an option for you, go ask your guidance counselor.