High GPA but low ACT scores, what to do?

<p>*Son is a senior. His school doesn’t compute a GPA, but when I compute a weighted GPA it is a bit below 3 on a 4.0 scale. I know it doesn’t compare to all the GPAs I see posted here. However, his college counseling office assured us that many colleges know about the tough grading policies at his high school. For example, the local large state university automatically adds a 0.5 to the grades for students from his highschool (or so we are told). Several students from his highschool each year go to highly selective schools (ivies etc) and 100% of students go to college. *</p>

<p>I’m not sure what you mean. What exactly is on your son’s transcript? It sounds like he’s not given grades (like A, B, C). Do his report cards and transcript show numbers on a scale of 100? If not, what scale does it use?</p>

<p>Is it possible that you’re not converting accurately? Does it seem right that his GPA would convert to be under 3.0?</p>