<p>When people on here say that they have a 4.0 UW GPA. Do they mean that they have never even had an A- through high school, or just never a B? Because at least at my school never getting even an A- is kind of unbelievable.</p>
<p>At my school we don't do plusses and minuses. With that being said, I've gotten A's on every quarter and every exam throughout high school, save 1 B on a calc ap midterm. That gives me a 4.0 UW.</p>
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<p>It depends on your school. My son has a 3.97 -- he got a B in Spanish once -- and I don't think that was unreasonable, given it's not a school with AP's or anything.</p>
<p>^Right I mean my school is just a regular old public high school. We have AP classes and the like, but it's not especially challenging to get a 4.0 even when taking 4 APs a year Junior/Senior year.</p>
<p>My school is very simple 4.0 for A, 3.0 for a B, 2.0 for C+, etc.... add them all up and divide by how many courses you have. There is no AP + or -, you get what you get. Most students take 8 courses a year; I am taking 10 so my score is just divided by a higher number than theirs. Taking one of the offered "Honours" courses just shows that you are capable of doing harder work not that you deserve a higher GPA than someone who is say in grade 8 taking grade 12 calculus/entrepreneurship. I don't understand the whole plus minus thing...</p>
<p>my school is hardcore rigorous</p>
<p>you wont find one person who has a 4.0</p>
<p>3.8/7 would put you in the top 1%.</p>
<p>its crazy. we have phd's teaching and stuff.</p>
<p>mine is like slr002. any form of A (plus/minus) counts as a 4.0. I have had one A minus so far in high school (the rest plain A's) but I still have a 4.0</p>