<p>I see most the kids on the boards have weighted or unweighted GPA's that are roughly based on a 4.0 scale (for unweighted) Yet others post they have a "92" GPA. I feel like an idiot but I can't figure out what numerical grade of of 100 my daughters unweighted 3.75 would be. As she has only taken High Honors and AP classes pretty much since freshman year (but obviously with no perfection), her weighted GPA is 4.3.</p>
<p>What would constitute an "A- or A", what would translate into say a "90"?</p>
<p>Many schools consider 90-100 to be an A. My son's hs considers 93-100 to be an A. </p>
<p>So I don't see how you can translate, as there is no standard. </p>
<p>Most of the parents with kids on the 100 point scale hate it (especially those which require a 93 to equal an A :D), so maybe you should count your blessings that you're on the 4.0 base, which seems to be the most common.</p>
<p>At my son's high school they do calculate their numeric grade at the bottom of their report card. Numeric grades do not show up on the transcript but only on the report card. They calculate numeric grades by adding each numeric grade from each class a student took and dividing by the number of classes just like they calculate GPAs.</p>
<p>My kid's school they don't have any pluses or minuses. It's kind of a drag. But I think since they have a few levels of a course Say Chemistry, Chemistry Honors Chemistry High Honors (or AP) and each level of honors boosts the grade (a B in honors chem would give you a 3.5, in high Honors a 4.0) It encourages the kids to really push themselves to their ability and take advantage of the many high level courses. Sometimes it's a drag....there are technically FIVE grades that make up their final grade (4 quarters and the midterm and final are averaged as a fifth test grade) Twice My daughter had gotten three A's and two B's and ended up with just a "B" as a final grade (with the Honors level it's still a 3.5 weighted). It really stinks, when she e-mailed the teacher she was told her final numeric grade was an 89.5 (technically a B). Her friend was taking AP Chem and had the opposite situation, three B's and 2 A's but her final average was a 90.5. Her teacher told her "I can't give you an A in a class where the majority of your grades are B's!!!!! Too bad the Language departmant doesn't see it the same way. These days when such minor differentations can be a substantial drop in class rank (from 15 to 20 percentile) I wish the school had an official policy. I know my kid worked her butt off, doing each and every extra credit like there was no tomorrow. It's a good life lesson though...you'll HAVE teachers and bosses who are ball busters</p>