<p>9th grade.. GPA: 3.8
English A
Foreign language A
Math A
Orchestra A
Biology B+
History A-
Geography A-
Music A+
AP Lab Prep A-
Spanish A
Sport B</p>
<p>10th grade... GPA: 3.7
English B+
Foreign language A
Math A
Orchestra A
Chemistry A
History A
Geography B
Fine Arts B+
AP Lab Prep B
Spanish A
Sport B-
Choir A</p>
<p>11th grade.. GPA: 4.1
AP US A-
AP Gov A
AP Lit A-
Spanish B+
AP Calc B+
AP Bio B+
Sport B+
AP German B+</p>
<p>GPA: 4.25
AP US A
AP Gov B
AP Lit A
AP Calc B+
AP Bio B
Sport A-
AP German A-</p>
<p>12th grade
AP Euro A
AP Stats A
AP Eng Lit A
AP Eng Lang A
AP Chem A
AP World History A
AP US Gov A
AP Art History A
AP Psychology A
Foreign Language A
Sports A
AP Macro A
AP Micro A</p>
<p>my friend is an upcoming senior and so far she took one ap during her sophomore year and none in junior year. She keeps asking me what are her chances of getting into a college when her GPA is around 3.5-3.7 . She is trying to take as many ap classes during her senior year and she is wondering if she can get into pretty decent UC’s such as UCSD, UCLA, etc. What is her chance of getting into UC’s?</p>
<p>You show over 10 classes a year which imply some of these classes are half-year classes and some are full year classes. Why don’t you figure this for your self since you know the specifics if your courses … it will take about 5 minutes in Excell. There is no universal method for deterterming GPAs but this is pretty common.<br>
A = 4.0, B = 3.0 … add or subtract 0.3 for a + or a -. Then add 0.5 for an honrs class and 1.0 for an AP course. Count full year courses twice compared to a semester long course. </p>
<p>For example … A- in AP Spanish, A = art (1/2 year), B+ = shop (1/2 year)</p>
<p>2 * 4.7 (for AP Spanish)
1 * 4.0 (for Art)</p>
<h2>1 * 3.3 (for Shop)</h2>
<p>Total = 16.7<br>
Divid by 4 units
GPA = 16.7 / 4 = 4.175</p>
<p>Yeah, if your school provides more APs, and she chose not to take more and challenge herself, it could be a detrimental factor in her applications.</p>
<p>There are many ways to do this. The best thing to do is contact your GC and ask how this is calculated and reported on your transcript.</p>
<p>For instance our school does not have A+'s, nor do we have -'s. For other letter grades a B+ would be a 3.4. So you see this is different than the previous poster whose school gives a .3 bump for +'s.</p>
<p>Your transcript will show how your grade was calculated. This helps the universities evaluate students from schools whose grading scales/ GPA calculation vary so widely.</p>