Is this grading scale/GPA calculator unfair?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Ok, so my school's college counselors have been telling us (only about 85 per class) that our curriculum is much more difficult than the average one. Particularly when it comes to the grading scale and GPA calculations.</p>

<p>So can anyone respond if this seems extraordinarily difficult</p>

<p>Grading scale w/ GPA:
A 95+ 4.0
A- 92-94 3.7
B+ 89-91 3.3
B 86-88 3.0
B- 83-85 2.7
C+ 80-82 2.3
C 77-79 2.0
C- 74-76 1.7
D+ 71-73 1.3
D 68-70 1.0
D- 65-67 0.7
F 64- 0</p>

<p>Also, if you are in Honors/AP/CHS then you get bumped up one grade for weighted GPA (from B+ to A-) not a whole point (3.0 to 4.0) like some schools.</p>

<p>So what I'm asking is if this scale really is hard compared to others. I know it will probably be on par for many prep schools though. So would colleges look at this and factor it into their admissions decisions?</p>

<p>Thanks for any responses,</p>

<p>Max </p>

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<p>Yes that is difficult. However, your counselor will explain that in their school report when you apply to colleges so it should not be a huge deal. </p>

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<p>Ok. Thank you for the response. I was just wondering if it truly was difficult because they sort of drilled that into our heads at the beginning of ninth grade so it’s nice to have some reassurance.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>The actual difficulty of the classes matters a lot more than the grading scale. (I don’t think there’s much of a difference between 94 and 95, and I don’t see why anyone who consistently got 94s couldn’t start getting 95s, y’know?) Weighted GPA doesn’t matter because all high schools weight GPA differently. </p>

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<p>OK. I see what you’re getting at and totally agree with you. But if the classes are much more difficult, how would the colleges find that out?</p>

<p>I mean the counselor couldn’t put that in his rec (for obvious graduate boosting reasons), right?</p>

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<p>Generally a high school will have a school profile which accompanies the GC rec and transcript which details the grading policy, which courses are considered honors/advanced,etc. Admissions officers are used to the fact that different school’s have different grading standards, weight differently, etc.</p>

<p>That said, yes I do think this scale is challenging.</p>

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By comparing your class rank to your GPA.</p>