<p>At my kids’ school there are no weighted grades and no ranking whatsoever, no matter how many IB or AP classes a student takes (no A+ either).</p>
<p>Grade scale: A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, C+ = 2.3, C = 2.0, C- = 1.7, D+ = 1.3, D = 1.0, F = 0.0, P = Pass
Percent (%) grading scale: A=94-100, A-=90-93, B+=87-89, B=84-86, B-=80-83, C+=77-79, C=74-76, C-=70-73, D+=67-69, D=60-66, F=0-59</p>
<p>Well, my D was looking at the GPAs on Priceton Review, and her jaw just dropped when she saw that some colleges listed their median GPAs above 4.0.
Made her really mad that her rigorous IB schedule with 3.8 on her school’s scale places her at the lower range of the middle 50% of her target schools, while her buddies who take “regular” classes have very “qualifying” GPAs. I keep telling her that life is unfair and she still has a shot at her dream schools…</p>
<p>BB.</p>