<p>Our school is on a 5.0 GPA system.</p>
<p>In order to convert a weighted 5.0 to
a weighted 4.0 scale that colleges use,
is the following formula correct?</p>
<p>5.0 x 4 divided by 5?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Who’s asking you to do this? Or are you just curious?</p></li>
<li><p>Who says colleges use a “weighted 4.0 scale”? Colleges do a lot of different things. Some recalculate GPA using their own method; some just look at the GPA your school reports.</p></li>
<li><p>Isn’t this a middle-school pre-algebra question?</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, or just multiply by 0.8.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The University my ds is interested in uses a 4.0 weighted. I am a parent
and not just asking for homework help…</p>
<p>I was snarky. I shouldn’t have been. I apologize. I’d like to blame the facelessness of the Internet, but it’s really just a defect in my own character.</p>
<p>I am a little surprised that the university your son is interested in can’t convert the grades to a 4.0 scale on their own. If you need only a rough approximation, then multiplying by 0.8 (or multiplying by 4 and dividing by 5–and it doesn’t matter whether you divide first or multiply first) will work.</p>
<p>If you need to be more exact: </p>
<p>If your son’s school doesn’t give +'s and -'s, then just call each A = 4, each B = 3, each C = 2, each D = 1, each failing grade = 0. Add up the points, and divide by the number of courses completed.</p>
<p>If your son’s school does give +'s and -'s, one common approach is: A = 4.0; A- = 3.7; B+ = 3.3; B = 3.0; B- = 2.7; C+ = 2.3; C = 2.0; etc. Add up the points, and divide by the number of courses completed.</p>
<p>Colleges that use GPA may have their own formulas.</p>
<p>For example, California State Universities’ formula is given here:</p>
<p>[CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - GPA Calculator](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU)</p>
<p>(University of California is similar, but 12th grade course grades are not included even if they are available.)</p>
<p>Other universities may have different methods of policies regarding GPA.</p>
<p>I probably should have given more info… but I do want to remain somewhat anonymous ~ you never know what Admissions peeps lurk here :)</p>
<p>He is a Jr. and interested in the Honors College and Scholarships. They have minimum thresholds for both of course, even just to apply. So… rather than calling or emailing them I am trying to do the legwork on my own. And, taking advice given here,
I dont want to get his hopes up on Honors College if the Scholarships dont come thru ~
so trying to calculate what might be automatic.</p>
<p>I looked at Schools website and determined they look at HS transcript as it is sent… not just core classes. But they use the 4.0 weighted scale, we are on a 5.0. I realize
this is 80% but… just seemed to obvious and this is too impt for him.
So I guess I am overanalyzing but I wanted back up. So thank you for that.
I feel better that we can get alittle excited :)</p>