<p>I've heard of several ways to figure it out but I'm never sure.</p>
<p>It depends on how hard the grading scale is. If you wanted to convert percentage grades from NY to a 4.0 scale, then you have to assume the 4.0 means 95.</p>
<p>Personally, I assign the value 3.0 to a 80 average for most states, and add ~0.1 for each percentage point.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how Catria’s scale works. But, if you are referring to the unweighted, 4.0 GPA scale, then I can explain how it works. Each grade you receive in a class will be assigned to a number.</p>
<p>A = 4
B= 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0</p>
<p>After assigning one of these numbers to each grade you receive, take an average of all of the numbers. The average will be your GPA on the unweighted, 4.0 GPA scale.</p>
<p>Here is an example:
Math - A+
English - B+
Science - A-</p>
<p>So, the numbers are 4 (Math), 3 (English) and 4 (Science).
4 + 3 + 4 = 11
11/3 = 3.67
Therefore, the GPA would be 3.67.</p>
<p>It depends on schools. Some schools only consider grades from sophomore and junior year. Some do not consider subgrades (A+/A/A-=4.0, B+/B/B-=3.0, etc).</p>
<p>If you are referring to a plain 4.0 scale, then I cannot answer your question because each school calculates its GPA differently.</p>
<p>My school does
A=4.0
A-=3.67
B+=3.33
B=3
You get the point.
It varies for each school though</p>
<p>All my grades are a 92 and up (at my school an A is 92 and up). and i guess that’s why I’m confused. If all A’s are equal to a 4 than I have a 4.0 gpa, but if it’s like the way 234mhead says than I’m closer to a 3.8-3.9. I’m also confused on the whole weighted and unweighted thing. Let’s say I get a 98 in honors chemistry as a final grade. That grade has 9 points added on to it because it’s an honors class and that’s just what my school does, so really I finished with an 89 but it will show up on my transcript as a 98. Would I count that as a 3 or a 4?</p>