<p>The best I can figure it, the highest weighted GPA one can have as a HS applicant is 4.40. Is that correct?</p>
<p>I think it depends on the school. My son had a 4.78 and was still 11th in his class with straight A’s. In “theory” the highest would be 5.0 on his scale but i know some required classes are not offered as Honors/AP/IB.</p>
<p>Assuming that they calculate the same way as the UC’s, I think the highest possible is 4.0 + 8/x, where x is the number of HS classes that you report. If x = 20, then 4.4 will be the highest possible.</p>
<p>x will depend upon your HS school, and whether you take additional classes at your local community college. The more classes you take, the lower will be your weighted GPA.</p>
<p>SoCalDad2, thanks, that is they way they calculate it and they use three, not two years.</p>
<p>donotstress, the cal schools, both the UCs and CSUs recalculate using their own methodology. The most honors semesters you can apply is 8.</p>
<p>Thanks for verifying!</p>
<p>Yea they only take 8 semesters work of AP and honors classes. I heard it is somewhere around 4.25 weighted the maximum</p>
<p>It is, as SoCalDad suggested, 4.40.</p>
<p>and the average gpa of incoming engineers is 4.08 ugh…</p>