<p>whats up with my higher unweighted gpa? i swear ive done the math correctly.
my schools grading scale:</p>
<p>100-98 A+ 4.33
97-95 A 4.00
94-93 A- 3.67
92-91 B+ 3.33
90-87 B 3.00
86-85 B- 2.67
84-83 C+ 2.33
and so on and so forth</p>
<p>Unweighted
A, A-, A+ = 4
B, B-, B+ = 3
and so on and so forth</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is a 3.9 while my weighted one is a 3.7....since my school's grading scale is absolutely ridiculous i got a decent amount of A-s as a sophomore (junior year was all 4's) and freshman year I definitely got some A-'s and B+s</p>
<p>i thought it was impossible to have a higher unweighted than weight gpa? sorry if this is a stupid question....</p>
<p>yeah i took ap's and honors its .33 extra for H and .67 for AP</p>
<p>anyone have any input? this has got me spooked not sure how to feel about this haha helppp</p>
<p>no one?? anyone? darn. :/</p>
<p>Usually, a “weighted” GPA refers to a calculation where certain courses are awarded more points for a given letter grade than others.</p>
<p>For example, an A in a regular math class would be 4 points at the local high school, while an A in an honors math class would be worth 4.5 points and an A in a G/T or AP math class would be worth 5 points.</p>
<p>At a high school the next county over, an A in honors, G/T, or AP is worth 5 points.</p>
<p>At other schools I’ve read about, an A in honors is worth 5 and an A in AP is worth 6.</p>
<p>One calculates the unweighted GPA using the standard A=4, B=3, etc., and the weighted substituting these higher point values for “weighted” classes.
Therefore, it’s not possible for the weighted GPA to be higher than the unweighted.</p>
<p>I think your problem is that you are not using the terms weighted and unweighted GPA in the way most people do.</p>
<p>so say a person gets a grade of B- in a math class
would this translate to a 3? since there is no +/-
same thing goes for if this B- is in an honors course too?</p>
<p>You are not comparing w and uw, you are talking about with and without subgrades and 4.33 max vs 4.00 max. The way you do uw is simply to remove the 0.33 and 0.67 from the grade of each honor and AP courses.</p>
<p>Every school has its own system.</p>
<p>If your school has a system which converts a B- to 2.67 in a regular class, then the weighting system will determine how many points you would receive in an honors class. Could be an extra 0.5 points, an extra point, who knows?</p>
<p>Well, your guidance counselor knows.</p>
<p>But either way, your weighted GPA will be equal to your unweighted if none of your classes carried additional points for honors, AP, etc. It will be higher if any of your classes did. It cannot be lower.</p>