<p>So I attend a private school that college reps know has a challenging, rigorous curriculum and workload. I've taken all honors level courses ( we do not have APs until 11th grade ) and I've gotten all A's. However, we use a 1-100 system at our school and I believe my lowest grade unweighted for a final average was a 91. (We list semester averages and I believe I had an 89 unweighted for one class one semester but the final average was a 91 unweighted still. On the transcript, it says the school's grading scale is 90-100 A, 80-89 B, etc. We do not use A+, A, or A- nor do we use the 4.0 scale. In my honors level courses (which are essentially of the same rigor of AP equivalents at the local public school) for my courses thus far I've gotten 93, 98, 92, 91, 93 92, 93, 94, 91, 95, with roughly a 93.1% unweighted overall. We have a class of roughly 130 or so and I rank probably around 5th, but I have the most rigorous schedule and AP credits that I've self-studied for outside of school, which no one else has. (But we do have an exceptionally intelligent rising junior class) I'm planning to bump up my grades in 11th grade to 93s, 94s, and 95s unweighted so that I can get a 94-95 unweighted average for 11th grade. My school does not report rank, nor does it calculate a GPA even on the 100 point scale. Since I'm in the top 5% of a private school, which isn't valedictory status but I'm assuming is pretty decent, will my "GPA" be a negative factor? My college counselor says my grades are phenomenal, especially in the context of previous years' students. Is it safe to assume that when I apply to HYP my transcript does not put me at a disadvantage?</p>
<p>Um, you have a 4.0 unweighted, there is no higher GPA. The colleges do not count on the 100 scale, they count on the 4 scale</p>
<p>I do not think I have a 4.0 unweighted if you use this scale, especially with my 91s and 92s. (But to my school a 91/92 is an A? But it probably isn’t to HYP?)</p>
<p>90+ is generally an A. You have all As. All As = 4.0</p>
<p>I thought your scale was 90-92 = A- which is a 3.7, 93-96 A 4.0, 97-100 A+ 4.0</p>
<p>“My college counselor says my grades are phenomenal, especially in the context of previous years’ students.”</p>
<p>And you go to a school that is known by top colleges. </p>
<p>Here’s your next job: take some of the deductive reasoning skills you’ve acquired and mesh these two facts together and I think it’s pretty likely you’ll come up with an answer.</p>
<p>Good luck to you</p>
<p>no, a 90+ is an A to HYP. A 4.0 puts you at an advantage, and your counselor is right.</p>
<p>Some schools calculate differently, but the majority consider 90+ to be an A. And that is the standard for college admissions.</p>
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Well I just spoke to a Brown rep after the info session and he knows my school and tells me what kind of standards they hold us to. But he knows our director of college counseling.</p>
<p>Oh okay! Well thanks guys for the input. I’m relieved that a 90+ is an A and a 90-92 isn’t an A-. Because I read somewhere that said if you use the 100-point scale and you want to know your GPA a 93% x 4 = 3.72 and I looked at Princeton’s acceptance by GPA and not that many people get in with a 3.7 so I was kinda freakin’ out…</p>
<p>You know what, you’re totally right. All As at a high school that a Brown rep identified as having high standards just isn’t good enough, I’m sorry. Your counselor should have told you to seek out the mythical 5.0/4.0. Sadly, you have to pursue it from freshman year on, so you’re doomed. Sadly, sadly doomed.</p>
<p>Okay. This is CC and I’m not a CC noob (although my post number may refute this claim), so I anticipate snarkiness towards seemingly stupid threads. Just calm down. Anyways, our school does well athletically but the kids who are more “academically” inclined don’t have the ECs/hooks/sometimes SAT scores to back it up which is why although our name is sort of out there, it’s not like we’re dishing out 60 kids every year to HYP. He said they know we have strong academics but he told me that Brown holds private school kids to higher involvement standards because of the opportunity standards we have.</p>
<p>Here’s the point. You have a 4.0, given that you have all As. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton will see it that way. You asked about your GPA, there it is. It cannot be higher. Continue to pursue this, and focus on other parts of your application with the knowledge that your GPA is fine.</p>
<p>Also, why is “private school” in bold?</p>
<p>Your need to fish for compliments, which comes across as either false modesty or a reflection of poor self-esteem, given the facts about yourself and your accomplishments that you have already posted, is more likely to be a hindrance to you in college admissions than any of your actual qualifications.</p>
<p>You are clearly well-qualified. Whether the admissions committees choose you over the many equally well-qualified individuals who apply will turn, in part, on how you seem to be as a person.</p>
<p>I’m a humble person and I do not have poor self-esteem. However I am somewhat self-conscious when it comes to performing but I’m getting over that. Regardless, I was truly being sincere in that I always thought an A- was a 3.7, which would then make my “4.0 GPA” a 3.7/3.8 roughly, which is a disadvantage when applying to these schools. I’m sorry if I offended or hassled anyone… I didn’t intend for this to be anything resemblant to a “I’m a 2400/4.0/36/2400 SAT II/Native American+Black/World Class Pianist/Eagle Scout/USABO Gold Medalist, do I have a shot at University of Phoenix” thread. My apologies! :</p>
<p>Now I am confused… so if HYP adcoms see an “A-” grade on your report card (which translates to a 90-92 at many schools), they count it as a 4.0 in their calculations of GPA? </p>
<p>Sorry to somewhat hijack the thread, but you probably already know that your GPA is fine for HYP, especially considering the context of your school.</p>