I know this sounds very out of reach but I’m an honors students who takes Ap classes and such but my freshman year I didn’t apply myself and also didn’t come to school. This caused my gpa to go down. I was wondering if I get all A’s and take college classes(about 3-4 over the course of two years) while I be able to get a weighted gpa of 3.9 or 4.0?? My school has two semesters for every school year and a school year duration is 1 credit (so .5 for each semester)and college course count for 2 credits.
If you’ve had algebra, you should be able to calculate your weighted GPA. You haven’t provided your school’s weighting system or the number of credits already taken, so none of us have enough information.
Most colleges will look at your UW.
Do you mean Algebra I or Algebra II? I’m guessing algebra 1 which I took my freshman year( this was the class that significan lowered my gpa)
What are your actual grades? Not the GPA, but the semester end grades themselves? If you are now a sophomore, you should have three semesters of grades. How many were A grades? How many B grades, etc.
The grades are now history. You need to move on and do the best you can going forward. What difference does it make what average you could end up getting?
I think, in my day, we came out of middle school knowing how to calculate averages.
But the chances are slim. Can’t get a 4.0 if not all grades are A. If it’s 2.8 for two years and 4.0 forthe mext two, you’d roughly be at 3.4.
Doesn’t matter how your hs weights or what courses. It’s straight math based on the grades.
But if you’re asking ccuz you want to see if you can get into a tippy top, much to learn. Many of the competition will have an unweighted 4.0 and rigor.
Weighted gpa goes to an A. So in an honors class, if you make a 100 your gpa would be a 4.0 and if you take and Ap course they add 100 extra which just keeps you at a 4.0. Hope this helps, I’m not sure if this is what you were asking for and as of the first semester of sophomore year I’ve earned 8.5 total credits. Also would it count that I’m retaking classes during the summer and also taking a class I haven’t taken?
If you high school has exaggerated weighting that makes what you want possible, the top students will have weighted GPAs of 5.something or 6.something.
You should be able to calculate with basic math what unweighted and weighted GPAs are possible for you based on the courses and weighting that you know that others here do not know.
First semester of freshman year I had
71- in health
80-in la
77-in biology
66-in algebra I
52-in pe
77- in Ap human
97- Orchestra
78-German
Then second semester
71-in la
74-biology
61-Alg 1
84- Aphuman
91-Orchestra
77- German
Sophomore year
86-la
76-alg I
87-Chem
90-World
97- Orchestra
81- German
Second semester
91- La
75- geometry
82-chem
93- World
97-Orchestra
93-German
These are all honors classes except for ap that I took freshman year and math- my only cp class
Take every number grade and add the up. Then divide by the total number.
If, by chance, this is curiosity for a very top collge, I can tell you the grades under 90 stick out. And the fact that your highest grade ever is orchestra. Some hs call it an academic course. But top colleges are more interested in the true cores.
Don’t strain over this. Find the right college where you can thrive.
Congratulations for bringing your grades up! Keep it up. Yes, it will make a difference
The bad news is that the U.S. News top 30 or so are probably out of reach no matter how well you do the rest of the way. The good news is that if you finish strong, there are a lot of excellent colleges that will be glad to have you & might even give you thousands of dollars in scholarships. Check out: U of Iowa, Iowa State, U of Nebraska, Florida State, U of Kansas, Kansas State, Miami U. (Ohio), West Va. U. of Kentucky, U of Oklahoma, Ok. State, U of South Florida, U of Mississippi, U of Alabama, U of Arizona, Colorado State.
It doesn’t really matter…what matters is you do well in harder courses. There are colleges that will see you are ready for college because you are doing well in harder courses. Do your best and there is a college for you.
You would have to provide the weighing system in your school in order to calculate your weighted.
You probably want to convert all those scores to a letter grade as well. Not sure if your school has any curves in grades.
At 2.8 at the end of sophomore year, with 6 classes a semester, the maximum unweighted GPA you could get is around 3.4 by the end of your senior year.
As other posters mentioned, colleges are primarily interested in unweighted GPAs.
Also, colleges will receive a copy of your high school profile, which is going to tell them what the highest weighted and unweighted GPAs are. Even if your high school doesn’t rank, they can make a pretty good guess how you measure up.
Congrats on bringing up your grades. Keep up the good work. While you won’t be a competitive applicant at the top schools, that still leaves over 2,000 colleges, and if you apply wisely, you are sure to find plenty of takers in the bunch.
It’s always a great life lesson to improve your performance. You can’t lose, in that respect.