<p>i pretty much held a 4.0 until i left my charter school at the end of sophomore year. then i had above 4.0 until the end of junior year when i got sick. I had straight A’s up until junior year and it was pretty easy. but like me starting in junior year, some schools allow extra weight for honors and AP classes. at my school they are both worth 5.2 for an A instead of 4.0. now my GPA is 4.2, was 4.6 until i got sick and couldn’t focus on school.</p>
<p>Smart and hardworking</p>
<p>My GPA would literally be a full point higher if I did my homework. I see undergraduate degrees are more of a foundation than a qualification to a profession (That’s why I’m looking into Engineering Physics). Grad school and getting your PhD is what really matters.</p>
<p>I have a 4.0. At my school, GPA is calculated at the end of the year, which is an average of the four quarters of classes and the midterm and final grade.
In the quarters, an A is worth 8 points, a B 6 points, etc, with an E worth 0.
For the midterm and final grades, an A is worth 4, B 3, etc.</p>
<p>The fraction of the score you receive versus the total possible (40) is your letter grade, where a 3.5-4.0 is an A, a 2.5-3.5 is a B, etc. You get a letter grade for each of the seven classes.
Then, to calculate the year GPA, the numerical value of your letter grade (4.0 for A, 3.0 for B) is averaged, and that is your GPA.</p>
<p>In individual classes, 89.5% and up is an A, 79.5%-89.4% is a B, etc.
So using that math, an individual can get a 4.0 with getting half B’s and half A’s in their classes.
This may seem easier than it really is, but in my graduating class of 271, only 18 kids had 4.0’s.</p>