<p>My UW GPA is 3.64 (that's because I only took 4 honors classes, and it was this year, junior year)
I could've taken AP if I had known all about it and how it could have helped my GPA. </p>
<p>My WEIGHTED GPA IS 3.79 (I just calculated it by myself) </p>
<p>is it ok if I tell colleges it is 3.80? </p>
<p>I am so closed to getting it, it if wasn't for my english teacher who gave me a final grade of B (but it could have been an A because on my last 2 quarters I got A's) but because of the stupid district EOC which apparently counted 20% of my final grade, ergg</p>
<p>You need to report your GPA exactly as it appears on your high school transcript. If your transcript says it’s a 3.79 and you report it as a 3.8, colleges might think you were trying to exaggerate or lie about your GPA. </p>
<p>oh no,I don’t want to get in trouble or be called a lier, I was just wondering if colleges accepted rounding it when it was 3.79 or 3.89 or whenever there is a 9 in the second place</p>
<p>You should also indicate on your applications that this is your WEIGHTED GPA. Some colleges discard the weighted GPA and look at the unweighted one, since not all high schools weigh grades.</p>
If your high school rounds up your GPA, colleges will accept it as they way your high school does things. But, if you round up (and your high school does not) you run the risk of being labeled an exaggerator or a lier. I don’t know how to make it any clearer. DO NOT ROUND UP. Report your GPA exactly as it appears on your transcript.</p>
<p>If you are self-reporting grades, then you need to report them precisely. Colleges have their own weighting systems. Your transcript will show your precise grades. What benefit would you expect from saying “3.8” instead of “3.79?” I think most colleges will understand that the two figures are very close, and it would only lead attentive admissions committees to wonder whether you have “rounded up” anything else on your application. </p>
<p>There is no such thing as “calculating your weighted GPA”. Either your school has a weighted GPA or it doesn’t, no calculation on your part is required. Just report the numbers you are given, down to the number of decimal places they give you. No holistic admissions college will differentiate between a 3.799 and a 3.800. But scholarships and auto-admits with a hard requirement will, and they don’t round up.</p>
<p>To the number of decimal places they give you? My high school & college transcripts showed GPA to 4+ decimal places. That’s overkill. For resumes, I have heard to round to 1 decimal place, unless there’s a reason to go for more (i.e., don’t round your 3.97 up to 4.0).</p>
<p>Is this for listing on the common application? If so, it doesn’t matter. Schools looks at your transcript, not the GPA you provide. I think that section is sort of a safeguard to make sure everything matches up. I actually forgot to list my GPA, but everything turned out wonderfully.</p>
<p>noel, forgetting is different from rounding up as an attempt to look better (even only slightly better, as in this case). If the admissions people see an exaggeration on the grade (not filling out to the number of decimal places provided) in comparison to the official GPA on the transcript, it can cause them to question what else may be exaggerated.</p>
<p>What’s the point of rounding up when .79 and .80 are basically the same thing. You won’t get turned down from a college because of a .01 difference in GPA.</p>