Pardon the French, but what the @#$% is the 4.0 GPA scale?

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<p>hepstar, i totally agree with you - coming from a catholic hs with a 100 scale
(but i dont even have APs/IBs or weighted grading)</p>

<p>but thats why i think class rank and SAT/ACT are important to admissions
and the school sends a description of grades etc when they send your transcript</p>

<p>but i wish someone could equate 100 scale grades to a GENERAL 4.0 scale system because i'd like to be able to compare</p>

<p>where do unweighted grades like 97.5, 96.3, 95.8 and 92.3 fall on 4.0? all under 4? </p>

<p>or is there no general scale? or is there no simple translation</p>