So many questions about my GPA. Some one HELP me

Applying to College
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<p>At my old school i took 2 honors classes freshman year and 1 honors class sophomore year (and 1 AP). </p>

<p>At my new school, they weight your GPA and will not include a .5 weight for my honors classes because they don't even offer honors classes.</p>

<p>Currently my unweighted gpa is a 3.8 (as calculated by me using this website Online</a> Conversion - Grade Point Average Calculator)</p>

<p>According to my new school my weighted gpa is a 3.9 (which makes absolutely NO sense because i got a weighted gpa of 4.2 this semester but at any rate) (4.2 + 3.8 / 2 = 4.0)</p>

<p>so..QUESTION 1 </p>

<p>how is my weighted gpa excluding honors courses a 3.9 when my unweighted GPA is a 3.8 and i've taken 4 weighted classes (according to my school)? doesn't that mean my weighted gpa is a 4.2....or am i doing something wrong? </p>

<p>QUESTION 2 </p>

<p>do colleges recalculate gpa? (i know that the UCs do) but would other colleges take the honors classes into account when looking at my GPA and recalculate it? or assume that they already added into them into my GPA? </p>

<p>QUESTION 3 </p>

<p>do most colleges recalculate using 5.0 system or 4.0 system?</p>

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<p>On Question 1, we don’t have enough info to calculate your GPA. Your school is likely correct; you should meet with a school GC to figure out how your school is doing the math.</p>

<p>On Question 2 and 3, Some do, some don’t. You’re best strategy is to keep your grades as high as possible, while taking the most rigorous (that you can handle) classes available at your high school. Then everything else (including your GPA) will take care of itself.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>