i have no clue how to calculate unweighted GPA…
is it like you got a 90 so 90% of 4 is a 3.6? or is there another way?
<p>Every school does it differently.</p>
<p>i mean unweighted, like what would an A- be worth on a 4 scale... the scale colleges use</p>
<p>Once again, every single school in the US calculates it differently.</p>
<p>In general it works like this
Every A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
F=0
Add and divide by number of classes (hence the average part)</p>
<p>So say you have 3 A's, 3B's and a C
You add them up 3(4)+3(3)+ 1(2) = 23
and devide by the total number of classes (7)
thus your GPA would be 23/7 = 3.29</p>
<p>Also some schools use +/-. A- would be 3.67, B+ would be 3.33.</p>
<p>However, its important to note that colleges also include classes differently as they recompute your gpa. For example, Princeton and the UC's exclude Frosh grades in their calc. Other schools include only solid, core academic classes count in the calc, i.e., exclude PE, wood shop; some even limit the amount of credit for such things as dance, band or orchestra (I saw one school which only credited one year out of four).</p>
<p>Lindsey is right . But it appears the most common approach , and the one favored by most is to:</p>
<p>1) convert your numerical grade to a letter grade in all of your academic classes. It does not matter what the scale is, convert the numerical grade to your school's corresponding letter grade. (For the purpose of GPA, forget + and -) </p>
<p>2) assign the appropriate grade points to that letter grade on a 4.0 scale only (do not use anything else) 4=A,3=B, and so on. (Do not use + and -, if you do you are artificially lowering your grade point average)</p>
<p>3) multiply that number by the number of credits (in college it will be called hours) earned for that class ( for most high school classes that might be 1 per semester, or quarter, or year); that gives you the total "grade points" earned per class taken. Example: 85 in History first semester , 87 second semester. 80-90=B. Two semesters at "B", 2x3=6 grade points for your 2 semesters of history. Your buddy to the left had 2 82's ,same 6. Your buddy to the right ,2 89's, same 6 grade points.</p>
<p>4) do that for each academic class taken.</p>
<p>5)Total the number of "credits". </p>
<p>6)Total the number of grade points.</p>
<p>7) Divide grade points by credits. Presto. Your GPA, unweighted. (using a plain 4.0 scale. without + and -)</p>
<p>A simple way of understanding this: at your school you made 10 A's 4B's and 1 C, all equal credits. 10x4=40,4x3=12, 1x2=2. 10+4+1=15 credits. 40+12+2 = 54 . 54 divided by 15= 3.6. Check with your individual college choice to verify.</p>
<p>thanx guys</p>