<p>OkSU gives really big nonresident scholarships based on GPA and SAT/ACT combos. All of them require a 3.0 or higher UW GPA. My school uses a 100 pt scale, and I have around a 90 unweighted, although we only calculate weighted, in which I have a 94.5. Will I be considered for scholarships calling for a certain unweighted average on a 4.0 scale when my schools uses a 100 point scale and doenst calculate unweighted? I clearly would have a 3.0 UW if thats how we were calculating.</p>
<p>good question .....I have been wondering the same thing. what would a 97.42 be? not sure if this is weighted or not</p>
<p>I'm not saying that this is the way your school is, but it is the way D's school is. Although the school is on a 100 point scale and only does weighted GPA by a formula, the Handbook clearly states that an A is 90-100, B is 80-90,etc. In that instance colleges would translate the numerical grade to a letter grade.(Usually only academic courses. Not applied courses.) Then they would assign an unweighted gpa for that class in accordance with that high school's scale -A=4,B=3,etc.. 6 grades 90-100 and 6 grades 80-90? That's 6 4's and 6 3's for a 3.5Uw gpa.</p>
<p>In any situation where the methodology for GPA as figured by the school is different or odd or like in some instances indecipherible , send an explanation from the GC. If they won't do one , you do an explanatory note and cite handbook sections etc. Last year there was a parent who after having this explained realized that his kid's school was calculating only a weighted GPA but their way of weighting LOWERED the number below the unweighted!! I wonder how many times something like this has kept a kid from appying for schools and scholarships or honors. Sad state of affairs.</p>