<p>How do colleges calculate your high school GPA? I have heard two different things. Is GPA calculated like this: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3 and so on. Or is GPA calculated like this: A=4, B=3, C=2, and so on, without taking the pluses or minuses into consideration.</p>
<p>They don’t. The GPA is a worthless number to them. They’ll look at your transcript, your class load/difficulty, and the grade you got in those classes. They’ll compare what you got to what your school profile says about its curriculum.</p>
<p>Some colleges use one system, others another. There are colleges that don’t recalculate your GPA at all, just like there are colleges that use methods even more complicated than yours.</p>
<p>If you’re wondering about a particular college’s policy, email that college with your question. If you’re looking for a general answer, there isn’t one.</p>