How does your school calculate GPA?

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<p>How does your school calculate GPA? Based on the stats I've seen posted on CC, it seems that there are several variations of the method of calculation and the weightings assigned to honors and AP courses.</p>

<p>At my school:
Any A (90-100) = 4.0
Any B (80-89) = 3.0
Any C (70-79) = 2.0
etc....</p>

<p>Honors classes get an additional 0.5 added and AP get a full 1.0 added.</p>

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<p>My school does not weigh Honors or AP grades.</p>

<p>A+ = 100 (4.0)
A = 92-99 (4.0)
A- = 90-91 (4.0)
B+ = 88-89 (3.0)
B = 82-88 (3.0)
Etc...</p>

<p>And of course, the pattern continues onward. Although it is possible to get an A+ at my school, it's extremely rare to obtain one.</p>

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<p>well it doesn't matter if you get an a + or not, you still get a 4.0, which is basically saying you did just as well as the person with a 90.</p>

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<p>In my old school:</p>

<p>A+ = 95-100 = 4
A=90-94 = 4
B=80-89 = 3
C=70-79 = 2
and so on..</p>

<p>But it's really, really weird in my current school:</p>

<p>A=85-100 = 4
B=75-84 = 3
C=65-74 = 2</p>

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<p>A (90+) = 4.0
B (80-89) = 3.0
C (70-79) = 2.0</p>

<p>and so on. most teachers will round up from a .5 for a borderline grade, as in 89.5=A. honors and aps are both worth 1.0 more.</p>

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<p>What about students that transfer in from other states or even countries?At our H.S., the gpa of transfers is calculated for the years spent at our H.S., so a transfer student could end up with a much higher gpa by having only junior and senior years count.</p>

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<p>A+ = 4.3
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0</p>

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<p>I'm a mom and I raised in the parents forum because I think the way our high school calculates GPA is a disservice to the kids. Our school does not give letter grades, only percentages. For example:</p>

<p>100=4.0
97=3.775
93=3.475
90=3.250
85=2.875</p>

<p>Honors/AP courses are weighted, with 100% being equal to 5.0, and so on down the scale. If most other schools give a 4.0 for anything that is considered an "A", our kids look much worse in comparison. Someone could get all 95-96's and end up with an unweighted GPA of 3.7, even though they really got straight "A"s. I don't know how carefully admissions will look at how an individual school calculates GPA.</p>

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<p>1-(0-39%) not satisfactory
2-(40-55%) satisfactory
3-(56-69%) good
4-(70-85%) very good
5-(86-100%) excellent</p>

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<p>A+=12
A=12
A-=11
B+=10
B=9
B-=8
...
and so on and so forth. my school doesn't weight honors at all, it does weight AP classes though, yet doesn't weight the classes I'm taking at a nearby college. it sux</p>

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<p>"Honors classes get an additional 0.5 added and AP get a full 1.0 added."</p>

<p>both H/AP get 1.0 added at my high school...MomOFour, Balac, Mobius27 why are your scales so off is it because of where you live? (I guess Serbia is different but why Minnesota?)</p>

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<p>Yeah we here in Serbia have completely different scales. i had realy hard time explaining it in my app</p>

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<p>and i thought out of state would be competitive lol your out of the country!!</p>

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<p>My kids are at a disadvantage to many of you. Each teacher has their own scale, but most use</p>

<p>90-100 is A
80-90 is B
70-80 is C, etc.</p>

<p>However, when they figure GPA, everything is unweighted. AP Calculus is worth the same as Core Math I. AP Bio is worth the same as Beginning Science. When it comes to GPA and class rankings, there is no advantage to taking a tough classload.</p>

<p>Which also explains how we had 10 kids in the graduating class with perfect 4.0 GPAs</p>

<p>Peg</p>

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<p>
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Which also explains how we had 10 kids in the graduating class with perfect 4.0 GPAs

[/quote]
</p>

<p>I go to a large public high school in Florida. Even with weightings my school has many ties among the top 10 in the graduating class of about 450. Right now my class (2006) has 4 people tied for salutatorian with perfect A averages taking all the hardest classes (including classes this year we will have had 6 APs, numerous honors courses, and only taking unweighted courses that are required for graduation). The only reason I'm ranked 1st is that I *cheated<a href="according%20to%20some">/i</a> by taking my foreign language 1 & 2 at a local college (while everyone else took the unweighted courses offered by the high school.)</p>

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<p>I dont like how my school does it.
A+(98-100)=4.5
A(93-97)=4.0
B+(90-92)=3.5
B(85-89)=3.0
For honors classes, add 1 whole point. A+=5.5 etc.
For AP add 1.5 points. A+=6.0 etc.</p>

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<p>ours is really tough
A(94-100)=4
B+(90-93)=3.5
B(84-89)=3.0
C+(80-84)=2.5
so on.
We don't weigh honors and APs are given 0.5</p>

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<p>Here's ours:</p>

<p>97-100 = 4.33
93-96.9= 4.0
90-92.9 = 3.77
87-89.9 = 3.5
etc.</p>

<p>And MomOFour, my school is like yours - they don't curve marks, don't mark as easy as other schools and use a very strict GPA scale. However, they send out a full school report showing things like School Rank = 1, standards, teaching level, etc. Maybe they do that at your kids' school?</p>

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<p>94-100 A
86-93 B
77-85 C
70-76 D</p>

<p>A=4.0
B=3.0
C=2.0
D=1.0</p>

<p>AP/Honors/GT classes are weighted 1.0, so A=5.0
Some other academic classes are weighted .5, so A=4.5</p>

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<p>rest easy everyone the colleges recalculate gpas do they not?</p>