<p>I understand that my school will be supplying colleges with my GPA on a 4.0 scale, but I would like to know what I have at present. I have heard many different ways of figuring it out. Is there one, fixed way to know what one's 4-point GPA is? Is it figured by class and then averaged?</p>
<p>say you're GPA is out of 5
Do a simple cross product:
x/5 = GPA/4.0</p>
<p>x is your current GPA
5 is whatever number your GPA is out of
GPA is your GPA out of 4
4.0 is, well, 4.0</p>
<p>solve for GPA</p>
<p>D = 1
C = 2
B = 3
A = 4 </p>
<p>Add up your points based on the letter grade for each semester class and divide by the number of classes you have, hense your GPA , unweighted.</p>
<p>Pearl, does that mean an 87 and a 92 would go in as the same thing?</p>
<p>Take your numerical average, divide by 100 and multiply by 4. This will give you your GPA</p>
<p>The only real way to know what your high school will determine is your GPA is to find out from it how it calculates it. Above examples are simply general ways of doing it but it varies among high schools. For example: if the high school uses + and - then, looking at the above, a B+ could be 3.33 and a B- 2.67, an A+ may be a 4 or a 4.33 depending on whether the school treats an A and A+ the same. Then you may have weighting factors such that an honors or AP course may get a higher number applied to it, e.g., that A in honors course during a semester may be counted as a 4.5 or even 5. Moreover, you have issues as to what courses count, e.g., some high schools count PE many don't.</p>
<p>In any event, be advised that what your high school claculates as GPA is very often not what colleges use for admission, e.g., ivies usually count grades only in core college prep courses -- language, math, English, lab science and social studies -- and ignore everything else like health, PE, and vocational class grades. and they apply their own weighting system and thus recalcualte your GPA. As a result, many with seemingly high GPA's because of a slew of A's in health, vocational courses, and other non core courses, are often surprised to learn that they might be rejected by a college because there actual GPA being considered by the college is lower.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! The toughest school I am applying to takes GPAs unweighted and only academic classes, and I was curious as to what my GPA would be in that light.</p>
<p>This is from my school's handbook:
94-100 A 4.0
92-93 A- 3.7
90-91 B+ 3.3
84-89 B 3.0
82-83 B- 2.7
80-81 C+ 2.3
74-79 C 2.0
68-73 D 1.0
0-67 F </p>
<p>What confused me was that that seemed more like a general guidline, because of the gaps (for example, jumping from 3.3 to 3.7).</p>
<p>can't you ask your school to see your transcript? generally they show it to you by this stage so you can make corrections, etc and see what it is</p>
<p>talk to your GC if possible, or look at your last report card, often it has the GPA</p>
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<p>Prepare to see this gap for a long time coming as they are pretty close to the same guidelines you presented are also pretty common for college also where a - grade will be any where fron .667 to .7 and a + grade is about .3 to .33 (some colleges do grade on a 4.33 scale)</p>
<p>I would think that your A+, A, A- will all be calculated as A (and A = 4 ) . This might be a problem for you if your school puts an A- at something like 93, and a 92 is considered a B+, if they only list letters on your transcript as opposed to number values. </p>
<p>And as for the 87/92 question, 87 should go in as a B, 92 should go in as an A.</p>
<p>This might vary according to the institution that you apply to and really the only person that can answer this question for you is the college that you will be applyihg to.</p>
<p>most people convert from 100% scale to 4.0 gets a lower gpa. It's kinda unfair because if you get 92 that's an A and on a 4.0 scale that rounds up to a 4.0. Where as if u convert a 92/100 to a 4.0 scale it's like a 3.75 or something around that. </p>
<p>I know some smart kids from other countries who has like a 78, 79% (and these are considered very strong grades there) That converts to a C+ average, which is less than 3.0</p>