<p>how does one get over a 5.0?</p>
<p>I went to a high school that was ranked in the top 40 in the US, and our school didn't even offer enough honors/AP/IB classes for one to reach 5.0. </p>
<p>I see on here some people with GPAs in the 5.5 range, is there a double honors system to further inflate GPAs?</p>
<p>anyone attend a school where you can obtain over a 5.0??</p>
<p>well, its based on a 6.0 system, and the school does it in the way that if you get a 5.4, then its translated from a 94, etc.
It really is a much worse system because all it does is promote even nmore competition.
I’m pretty sure these gpa’s aren’t as “inflated” as they are on a totally different scale.</p>
<p>There are a couple different ways. It’s possible at my school because we have a 5-point GPA scale (4-point but bumped up one point basically) and honors/AP courses give an extra point if one’s grade is a C or above. At other schools it may not be possible.</p>
<p>It depends on the school and the district. I graduated with a 5.8 wgpa, and I graduated 11. How? I have no idea. In my district’s most competitive school several people graduate with a gpa of 6.5 and higher. In the year of my graduation the top gpa in all south florida was 7+ (this guy was a genius).
I guess the weighted gpa depends on how the board of education of the area measures gpa.</p>
<p>Grading scales, and thus grade averages, are arbitrary. </p>
<p>See the FAQ mentioned in my signature block for more information on the role of grades in college admission.</p>
<p>ok thanks guys, i looked at your FAQ token</p>
<p>so do these 6.0 type schools still have a normal unweighted GPA system?</p>
<p>This is grade inflation in respect to most other schools out there. I personally think it’s kind of stupid.</p>
<p>Our school gives a GPA out of 4.3 for regular classes (a 4.0 is an A and a 4.3 is an A+], so honors and AP courses are out of 5.3. It is probably possible, then, to get above a five, but I know in my class at least no one has.</p>
<p>at our school a is 4.0, honors adds one point, AP adds two points</p>
<p>but prior to junior year its almost impossible to get into any AP classes, and honors are slim freshmen year. Meaning that alot of people can get a semester gpa over 5.0, but getting a cumulative over 5, I think theres like 4 people</p>