<p>Do they change everything to plusses and minuses?</p>
<p>do you mean for your HS GPA? if so, then they ignore any classes that aren't important (like pe and basket weaving) and then take whatever grade you got in the other classes and use that toward your new gpa. they don't add anything to AP classes either. so basically they consider math, science, english, and history courses (along with any other ap classes) and take your grades in those classes and pretend they were normal classes. </p>
<p>that made no sense, sorry. hope it kind of helped.</p>
<p>wait... so there's no weighted GPA? just unweighted?</p>
<p>ooh, and does frosh year count?</p>
<p>well, they take your AP classes into consideration. but they also recalculated a new gpa for their own use. they don't count frosh year. they only use 10th and 11th. BUT, i believe they kind of look at your frosh year if you took AP's, and they consider what you're gonna take senior year.</p>
<p>but they're mainly concerned with soph and junior year.</p>
<p>wait.. so are you saying like an 89 in an AP class is looked at pretty much the same as an 89 in an honors class???</p>
<p>^for recalculating their own type of GPA for you, yes. but don't be TOO bitter, they still look at how many AP's you took. and they are going to take someone who's taken AP's over someone who's taken none. they don't forget about that at all. seriously, don't sweat it. and they also take into consideration the amount of AP's offered at your school in comparison to how many you took. they know what they're doing.</p>
<p>current_student: They also look at your foreign language classes. So that means they recalculate based on math, english, science, history, and foreign language. Basically everything but electives.</p>
<p>^yeah that too. sorry, i was trying to remember all the "important" classes and made that one part of AP. but yeah they take ALL language classes. thanks.</p>
<p>They remove your Freshman year from the equation.</p>
<p>Weight all your classes.</p>
<p>Weight your rank. (They ask for rank with freshman year excluded, but I don't know how many HS counselors can actually do this).</p>
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Weight your rank. (They ask for rank with freshman year excluded, but I don't know how many HS counselors can actually do this).
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BandtenHut, do you have a link or perhaps a source that can confirm this?</p>
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We will look at your choice of coursework and your performance in 10th and 11th grades in the core academic subjects of Math, English, Social Studies, Science, and Foreign Language. We want to see that you have challenged yourself by taking some of the accelerated, honors, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate courses, if they are offered at your school. We will re-calculate your GPA on an unweighted 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>We also take into consideration differences in school environments. Through experience and research, we know that a lower GPA at one school may be stronger than the highest GPA at another school. We look to see how you have done within your unique school environment, how you have taken advantage of what was available to you in your school and community. Typically our admitted students have unweighted GPAs in the range of 3.6-4.0 and are within the top 15% of their high school classes, for those schools that rank.</p>
<p>Please see the Profile of our most recently admitted freshman class, but remember that statistics cannot possibly predict your chances of admission. Our admission process goes beyond any numerical formula. Keep in mind that we have no cut-offs or targets.
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<p>there's more info at...</p>
<p>Well, I have the app in my hands.</p>
<p>It asks for:</p>
<p>Students Rank in Class, then a checkmark for weighted and unweighted, they note weighted is preferred.</p>
<p>How Many Total Students Hold This Rank?</p>
<p>Rank Covers ___ to ___ and they note that 10th to present is preferred.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks so much</p>
<p>one question... so if I got an A- in a class what GPA would that be? Different than an A? or are all A's = 4.0 and all B's=3.0?</p>
<p>well, stanford's grade system for undergrads makes an A+ = 4.3, A = 4.0, A- =3.7, and so on. I'm not sure if they use those sam figure for HS recalculation fo the GPA. You can call and ask.</p>
<p>They said at the info session that they ignore +'s and -'s</p>
<p>...well there you go...</p>
<p>It really doesn't matter how they calculate the GPA. It does matter that they don't really look at freshman year grades, but how they get the number doesn't change much. What really matters is the grades you got, the difficulty of the classes, and how you did compared to your peers. That can all be seen in the transcript. If the transcript is strong, the GPA will be, and if it's weak then possibly their GPA for you will be too.</p>
<p>I attend an extremely competitive high school in Taiwan. It's considered VERY difficult to receive more than 90 points average here. In fact, only the top 5% receive more than 90, and I don't think anyone gets more than 93. I have about 90~91 average for 10-11 grades. We don't calculate GPA, but I know that in my school 80~100 means A. If A equals 4.0, does this mean that I have a 4.0 unweighted GPA, or will Stanford recalculate according to my original scores? If my original scores are considered, will they think that I have low scores compared with the 99s I often see on CC posts, or will they look at the highest score in my school and evaluate my grades according to that? Sorry if my questions seem weird, but I'm worried if my transcript will seem weak to them when it's not when viewed in Taiwan standards.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! :)</p>
<p>Your school should send a report where it gives a sense of where you fall in the class. My high school showed the number of As, Bs, and Cs for some of the more popular classes so admissions reps get a sense of what a certain grade means in the context of the school. I think they probably also explain the grading scale somewhere. If you're really worried, you could ask your guidance counselor at school to explain how the grading works in your rec.</p>