<p>I know its something along the lines of, ignore freshman year, A's are 4's, B's are 3's, add up to 8 honors points, but I don't see how people are getting those 4.4+'s</p>
<p>If you take 30 credit of classes (6 classes, 2 semesters per year, + half semester of senior year), thats (30*4+8)/30 = 4.26 gpa. Yet the average weighted for UCB CoE is something like 4.4+, how is that possible? Or am I missing something?</p>
<p>In high school, regular class are 4 credits, AP and honor classes are 5 credits.
Regular: A=4; B=3; C=2; D=1; F=0
AP/Honor: A=5; B=4;C=3;D=2;F=1
For one semester, if you have 4 AP classes and 3 regular classes and get all A’s, then you have (4<em>5 + 3</em>4)/7= 4.57</p>
<p>So its just however many honors you have, not max of 8?</p>
<p>Yes.
Also, there is weighted and unweighted GPA.
You calculate weighted by the method provided.
You calculate unweighted by using A=4; B=3; C=2 D=1 for all class</p>