If 3.95/4 is my weighed gpa, then what's my unweighed gpa?

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I thought weighting had to do with the level of the course, meaning AP, Honors and IB classes would get extra points or “weighting” because they are more challenging.

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<p>Yes; we were discussing the methods for calculating unweighted GPA’s.</p>

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Anyway, I would think that admissions offices would prefer to add the extra pints themselves to the raw GPA’s of applicants so that the system is uniformly applied for apples to apples comps of applicants…

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<p>Admissions officers at holistically reviewing colleges generally look over the transcript rather than focus on the numerical GPA anyways, so recalculating would not be worthwhile. Additionally, to apply a standardized method of weighting would do nothing to address the significantly unequal way in which grades themselves are awarded across different high schools and the contrasting curricular offerings.</p>