Question about unweighted gpa

<p>Is the maximum unweighted gpa you can get a 4.0? Do different school districts have different ways of calculating uw gpas? Is there a universal way in which I need to calculate my uw gpa? Am I going to need to recalculate it each time for each college I apply too because they each have a different system for calculating uw gpa?</p>

<p>You do not calculate your GPA. Your high school does. Some colleges recalculate it according to their own criteria, but again, they do it. Not you.</p>

<p>Alright thanks.</p>

<p>Actually, sometimes a student is asked to calculate their GPA. It might be for a scholarship application, an athletic recruiting questionnaire or for a college application in which you are asked to self-report your grades. I suggest using a very simple 4.0 scale if you are asked to do this. An “A” is 4.0 pts, a “B” is 3.0 pts and a “C” is 2.0 pts. Add up the points and divide by the number of courses, and there is your unweighted GPA.</p>

<p>Yes, the maximum UW GPA is 4.0 (though some schools award “unweighted” 4.3’s for A+s). </p>

<p>My school uses the A=4, B=3… system described above, but those on a 10-point system with pluses and minuses often follow a system of A=4, A-=3.67, B+=3.33, etc.</p>

<p>See, I’ve been using the A=4, B=3 system, but it seems to inflate my gpa and that’s what I’m worried about. Colleges might calculate it more rigorously and my gpa would be lower.</p>

<p>I really think you are over-thinking this. Every college has their own methodology. Some do not count grades earned in the arts and health/gym. Some do. Some weight honors and AP classes. Some don’t. Some give even more weight to AP classes. Some don’t. You cannot possible know how each college is going to evaluate your transcript. So, don’t worry about it. Using the A=4, B=3 is very standard and acceptable. No one is going to accuse you of inflating your GPA. At my school, we use number on a 100 point scale. So, a student who earned a 90 in every class would have a 4.0 - the same GPA as someone who earned a 99 in every class. The 4.0 grading scale is more compressed, that’s all.</p>

<p>Alright thanks.</p>

<p>If you’re using A = 4.0, A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33, B=3.0 (etc). … there really isn’t any way I’ve ever heard of to calculate if MORE strictly. But there are just TOO many factors for you to consider to even try. Your class rank will help you know how you stand. But…</p>

<p>As stated, some schools give a 4.33 for an A+, and for some of those schools that is ONLY a 100% but for others it’s a 98%. Percentages are broken into grades at various places by different schools. Some don’t give plus or minus at all. It’s just not really very possible to compare apples to oranges. You can really only compare within your own school system.</p>

<p>I suggest that IF you are asked for a GPA that you ask your guidance dept for it, rather than attempting to calculate it yourself. Then you don’t have to worry about inadvertently misrepresenting yourself.</p>