<p>I was wondering how Penn recalculates GPA. is it A=4, B=3, C=2? or is it different</p>
<p>I don't think they recalculate...they just look at ur grades and see how well you did in each class.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what a 93-100 percentage would be, even for any other school? 4.0?</p>
<p>also how exactly wud a gpa cum frm grades.. i mean whats the process... after u wiegh in a=4 b=3 and so on.. how does one get his GPA.. </p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>A+ = A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7</p>
<p>You get the idea.</p>
<p>How do you get your GPA? You multiply the grade you got in a class times the credit units value of that class, you do this for every class and add them together, and then you divide among your total credit units so far. So it's basically a weighted average.</p>
<p>And a 93/100 would probably be an A, maybe an A- if it's a class with high average.</p>
<p>this is Penn's way? ^</p>
<p>and then hopw is it rounded off....</p>
<p>also that means that a single A- would also make ur GPA come down frm the 4 mark...</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Yes, that's Penn's way.</p>
<p>To my understanding, your cumulative GPA is reported with 2 decimal places. I don't know if they round up the last decimal, but my guess is that, like you say, if you get a single grade that is not A or A+, you will not get a 4.0 cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>Correct. A 4.0 GPA means you have all A's or higher (an A- average is a 3.7 GPA). They do report GPA with two decimal places. Some classes determine the cutoffs differently. For my Math class last semester, for example, the A cutoff was a 76%. Sometimes a class uses a curve, or uses the % of A's on the final to equal to % of A's to give to the top set of students of a given section. My Econ class last semester had an A cutoff at around 93% or so, A- being around 85%. You may think such percentages are generous cutoffs, but you'll find that even the smallest mistakes cost you quite a bit, especially in Math where a midterm might be a mere 10 questions long, multiple choice, no partial cerdit.</p>
<p>No sane math teacher gives a multiple choice 10-question long math exam.</p>
<p>I am talking about high school gpa.</p>
<p>UltimateFrisbee: Well, it's true, hah. The questions though were usually pretty hefty and took everyone the whole hour.</p>
<p>excel: I don't think they recalculate.</p>
<p>does Penn at least take out the electives from one's GPA? classes like gym, marketing, and business law can really boost a GPA! but i wont complain in case they dont :)</p>
<p>well..... i have around 40 A's and 4B+'s ...</p>
<p>we dont have an A+ or A- as all so B+ is equivalent to an A- in a great extent..
The B's are all in grade 9
nevertheless , what GPA does this corelate to ;comes to abt 3.97 i guess..with B- as a 3.6 whereby there are no electives..</p>
<p>huh...well...hmm..</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Penn does not recalculate GPA's; I specifically asked admissions about this when I visited their campus. So don't worry about converting your GPA or anything.</p>
<p>I KNEW IT!!!! Told ya guys. They look at how your school grades and look and see how hard your school is. Very holistic process...recalculating GPAs assumes that all schools are the same, which they aren't so you should be glad that Penn doesn't recalculate</p>
<p>so my gym grade could effect my admission to wharton, wow.</p>
<p>No, not at all. They look at all ur grades, not just ur GPA. Gym will not matter. They will not compare GPA from student A to student B (as long as they are from different schools). Instead, they look at ur strength of schedule (the most important part of your GPA/grades part of the app) and see how well you did. If you took alot of AP courses and did good, great! Small things like gym will not matter.</p>