How many schools use 4.0 GPA vs. 4.33?

Applying to College
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<p>And, since my school uses 4.33, will colleges think of my GPA, whatever it shall be, differently?</p>

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<p>Most put everyone on a 4 point scale excluding non academic classes.</p>

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<p>what qualifies as non-academic?</p>

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<p>Non-academic courses are ones not of the core (English, math, history, science, language). Most colleges recalculate your GPA to their standards, but schools like Stanford are changing that policy -- they're just taking what you put on the app.</p>

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<p>That's messed up, you're school trying to play mind games by bumping everyone up .33, thinking it's just subtle enough to work</p>

<p>Should make no difference on admissions, it's all about class rank because GPA is subjective</p>

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<p>Our GPA is out of 5.0 due to the weighting for AP's and such. I think the majority of HS use 4.0 UW though.
4.33 is pretty different, but ofcourse, universities will take that into account and probably re-calculate your GPA on their own scale or just estimate, if they don't have the time.</p>

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<p>4.0 right here</p>

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<p>A site on college admissions claimed that 4.33 is the most common point scale used, but I find that hard to believe. It should most definitely be 4.0.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know of two Universities off the top of my head that uses a 4.33 scale for undergraduates?</p>

<p>What should that person put when they are filling out applications that ask for their GPA? I don't think I would dare put a GPA score of over 4.0 on my application.</p>

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<p>college or hs?
my hs uses 4.33, because a 4.33 is an A+, 4.0 is an A, and 3.77 is an A-.</p>

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<p>^ Thats weird. My HS is out of 4.0. A(94-100) is a 4, B+(90-93) is a 3.5 and so on. They also give .5 extra to AP classes so an A in one would be a 4.5. I'm pretty sure GPA isn't that relevant. They look at rank and the actual grades you receive.</p>

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<p>^^yeah, idk.
i don't like our system, the .33s make it confusing, and Honors are weighted .33 but APs are only weighted .43, which is dumb because there is a bigger diff between AP and Honors than there is between Regular and Honors. </p>

<p>oh well.</p>

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<p>honors and aps aren't weighted at my school. A couple decades ago, someone who took on honors or aps was valedictorian.</p>