<p>My high school uses a weighted 6.0 GPA scale. When I graduate (im a sophmore), how will colleges calculate my GPA? Will each college have their own personal formula or is there some universal formula they use? All this is really confusing...</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice!!!</p>
<p>Each college will calculate it differently. There is no way to answer this. Some will take your GPA as is, some will proportionalize it to a 4.0, some will use their own indices, some will only use academic subjects.</p>
<p>Oh ok, thanks for the help!</p>
<p>It’s probably safe to say that most top-ranked schools will read your transcript for the info they want, regardless of how your school grades, and they may not reduce it to a single number. We use GPA as shorthand, but admissions is looking for a lot more detail than that and they know how to extract it without recalculating your GPA.</p>
<p>@ADA110 Since you are only a sophomore and has time on your side, pay attention to your GPA, which is important but there are other factors to consider as well in the college admissions. I included three links below which I believe you’ll find beneficial. The last one covers what the most selective colleges look for…</p>
<p><a href=“College Admission Requirements and Your GPA - Peterson's”>http://www.petersons.com/college-search/college-admission-requirements-gpa.aspx</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/articles/Pages/Factors-in-the-Admission-Decision.aspx”>http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/articles/Pages/Factors-in-the-Admission-Decision.aspx</a></p>
<p><a href=“Top Ten Factors in Gaining Acceptance to Highly Selective Colleges | Ivy Coach”>http://theivycoach.com/newsletter/top-ten-factors-in-gaining-acceptance-to-highly-selective-colleges/</a></p>
<p>Hope this helps. : )</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the info!!</p>