Percent to GPA Question

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<p>Is above 90% a 4.0 gpa？ Also do admission officers look at gpa or percent average?</p>

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<p>It’s not that simple. For a school where 90% and above is an A, you have to get above 90% in every single class you take in order to have a 4.0.</p>

<p>If you earned 95% in half of your classes, and 85% in the other half of your classes, your average would be 90%, but your GPA would be 3.5, which would be extremely low for Harvard.</p>

<p>I would imagine admissions officers are more interested in the classes you took and how you did in them. They probably don’t have a magic formula for converting percentage directly into GPA, but I’m sure they would not consider 90% to be a 4.0.</p>

<p>Of course, the curve varies from country to country - from what I understand, in India, a 90% average would be considered phenomenal .</p>

<p>FYI, when surveyed, over half of the Harvard Class of 2018 reported a 4.0 or above unweighted GPA in high school.</p>

<p><a href=“The Harvard Crimson | Class of 2018 By the Numbers”>http://features.thecrimson.com/2014/freshman-survey/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;