I looked at past stats and saw that most of Stanford accepted applicants’ GPA was above 4.0. Does this mean they are above 4.0 unweighted? How would this be possible?
A+s
@bwaygirl1 How are these calculated? My school doesn’t provide average gpa
So, on a 4.0 unweighted gpa scale, the scale would be
A+ 4.33
A 4.0
A- 3.7 (I’ve seen schools that do this one as 3.6)
B+ 3.33
B 3.0
B- 2.7 (2.6?)
etc
So, if you get a lot of A+s, your unweighted gpa could easily be over 4.0
My school doesn’t provide A+, A, A-, etc. a 90-100 is an A. @bwaygirl1 How would I calculate then? Is there a general standard system?
Recalculate your GPA the way bwaygirl1 posted
A+
100 – 97
A
96.9 – 93
A-
92.9 – 90
B+
89.9 – 87
B
86.9 – 83
B-
82.9 – 80
C+
79.9 – 77
C
76.9 – 73
C-
72.9 – 70
D+
69.9 – 67
D
66.9 – 63
D-
62.9 – 60
F
Below 60
That’s my understanding of the grading system.
You don’t. You report the GPA the way your school reports it on the transcript.
@skieurope My school only provides weighted GPA on a 5.0 scale.
There are probably a hundred different grading scales, PT. I don’t think Stanford (or any college) will have any difficulty figuring yours out.
For reporting purposes, they probably convert everyone to their own 4.0 scale.
This isn’ t something to be worried about. You’ll be fine. GL
My comment still stands. FWIW, y HS graded on a 6 scale with no conversion chart to A-F; colleges figure it out.
Stanford doesn’t count freshman grades and rounds + and - grades down or up to the letter grade before recalculating your gpa (e.g. a B+ and B- become a B and are worth 3.0 each). They also don’t include non-core classes.
^ Which means they are basically using the UC Uncapped 10-11 GPA. (UCs count art/drama/music as core classes. I don’t know about Stanford.)
Stanford uses a 4.0 GPA (unweighted) scale for undergraduate admissions. AP’s and advanced classes are only noted in terms of course rigor. In 2015-2016, the self reported average of all applicants was a 3.95, but the only official stat is that 94% of admitted applicants had >3.75.