<p>what do you guys mean by unweighted GPA and weighted GPA?</p>
<p>what is the difference?</p>
<p>and how do you guys calculate the mark for each GPA?</p>
<p>Some schools add extra points for class grades if they are honors or AP.</p>
<p>My school, for example:</p>
<p>A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
F=0</p>
<p>You add all your points and divide by the total number of classes for an unweighted GPA. However, for AP classes, it's 1 extra point, so:</p>
<p>A=5
B=4
C=3
D=2
F=1</p>
<p>Meaning the maximum is a 5.0 (all As with all AP classes) weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted.</p>
<p>thank you so much!!!</p>
<p>i have another question</p>
<p>do all the courses i take count towards the GPA?</p>
<p>Yes for High School GPA. No for some colleges that recalculate GPA.</p>
<p>I also understood that weighted included +'s and -'s, and unweighted did not. Is this correct?</p>
<p>...............................</p>
<p>i got some Bs and Cs in classes like PE, keyboarding this term</p>
<p>and will all the courses be considered equally important?</p>
<p>Lemme give an example: Stanford only calculates GPA from courses in English, Math, Science, Social studies, and foreign language.</p>
<p>thank you! Murasaki!</p>
<p>i am so happy with Standord's recalculation.</p>
<p>Murasaki: does that include an elective which falls under one of those subjects (i.e. an english or history elective)?</p>
<p>how about if i say that i want to major in music...will stanford then count classes like ap music theory in their recalculation...how about ap computer science and other high-level, non core classes?</p>
<p>I found this page on the same site as OP, helpful:</p>
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Murasaki: does that include an elective which falls under one of those subjects (i.e. an english or history elective)?
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<p>Generally I think it's the primary five.</p>
<p>bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>most schools don't look at your weighted GPA.</p>
<p>Wrong. Most good schools do look at your weighted GPA. They then re-evaluate you with others compared on how rigorous your schedule was compared to that guy with all reg class and 4.0</p>
<p>3.7UW with APs will look much better at any top school compared to a 4.0 with all regular classes.</p>
<p>Drew00 and Nam3less are both right. "Weighted GPA" as calculated by the high school is a good indication of how rigorous the student's schedule was. But yes, it's also true that colleges reevaluate that weighted GPA according to their own institutional guidelines, because a 4.0 at Exeter doesn't equal a 4.0 at Pivnik.</p>
<p>Wrong. Most good schools do look at your weighted GPA. They then re-evaluate you with others compared on how rigorous your schedule was compared to that guy with all reg class and 4.0</p>
<p>no, they look at the strength of schedule and your unweighted gpa.</p>
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Wrong. Most good schools do look at your weighted GPA. They then re-evaluate you with others compared on how rigorous your schedule was compared to that guy with all reg class and 4.0</p>
<p>3.7UW with APs will look much better at any top school compared to a 4.0 with all regular classes.
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<p>Dude, you make NO sense. Go to the websites of top public/privates and ivies (Like Stanford, UMich, and Columbia). They all use unweighted GPAs at a 4.0 scale. HOWEVER they DO check the courseload rigor and class rank to compare because 4.0 at one school may be better than 4.0 at another. However, it's all standardized to an unweighted scale--this is something everyone should know.</p>