<p>I need to know as I am applying for the fellowship scholarship. My high school adds 7 points for every honors/AP class. How does this translate to unweighted/weighted for UGA?</p>
<p>for unweighted does it mean I take off the 7 and calculate it on a 4.0 scale? or does it mean I keep the 7 but dont add .5 for every AP?
and for weighted does it mean I keep the 7? or take off the 7 and only add .5??</p>
<p>im so confusedddddd</p>
<p>thanks for the help</p>
<p>it depends on what your school determines to be an A, because there is no straight percentage to 4.0 gpa scale conversion.</p>
<p>UGA does not add weight for honors classes, but they do for AP</p>
<p>for example:
say your school converts a 95 percent to a 4.0, and an 85 percent to a 3.0.</p>
<p>so if you made an 85 in an honors class, it remains an 85.
if you made an 85 in an AP class, it would be bumped up to a 95.</p>
<p>AP classes add 1.0 to the base grade essentially. so don’t count any of the extra points your school adds on, just add it to the core grade.</p>
<p>its a bit confusing, but i hope i helped. if not, i’ll try to clarify further.</p>
<p>I’d recommend asking this question on the [UGA</a> admissions blog](<a href=“http://ugaadmissions.blogspot.com/]UGA”>http://ugaadmissions.blogspot.com/). The folks from the Admissions office will be able to give you a definitive answer.</p>
<p>so to clarify, unweighted would be the 7 points added but not the .5 extra? and weighted would be the .5 in addition to the 7?</p>
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<p>I don’t think you add .5 in addition to the 7. It doesn’t make sense for UGA to give you more “bonus” GPA points when your school already awarded you 7 extra points.</p>
<p>unweighted means you dont add any points whatsoever. not from UGA or your school.</p>
<p>weighted means you would add the 1.0 (10 points) to your AP classes only.</p>
<p>Straight from the UGA admissions website, "Using a standard 4.0 scale [see chart], we convert each grade earned according to the grading scale in use at your high school at the time the course was taken.</p>
<p>Additionally, if a weight is not already added to an individual grade, we raise by the equivalent of one half-letter grade (0.5) each grade earned in an AP or IB course."</p>
<p>Whoops, good post GAdawg
looks like I was wrong. I went to a tour recently and I thought for sure thats what I had been told, but it looks like I was wrong. Sorry for giving bad info guys</p>
<p>haha yea that is why i have been so confused about this issue. thanks though! </p>
<p>that sorta answer my question GAdawg. so since weight was added . . . . I keep the 7 but dont add .5 ? correct? The would that be my weighted or unweighted? and how do i find the other?</p>
<p>So if the questions i am asking seem really dumb, I am just trying to make sure i cam correct as this is the very first question on the foundation application and I dont want to mess that up!</p>
<p>thanks again
you guys are very helpful</p>