<p>When you report your UW GPA to a college (using the 4.0 scale)
is a 93 a 3.3 (4.0 = 100),3.8 (4.0 = 95) ,or 4.3 (4.0=90) just wonderind</p>
<p>come on man....a 4.3 on a 4.0 scale???</p>
<p>just do the math... 93/100 = X/4.0 .....a 93 is a 3.72</p>
<p>Ummm, actually, the standard %-to-GPA scale in the US is:</p>
<p>A (4.0)- 90% to 100%
B (3.0)- 89% to 70%
C (2.0)- 69% to 60%
D (1.0)- 59% to 0% (not sure about this though...)</p>
<p>Although some high schools use a different grading scale, this is a standard. So, I guess your 93% would be an 4.00. Percentages are not linearly proportional to a 4.0 scale... But if your school puts percentages on your report card, I'd say you leave it like this.</p>
<p>A (4.0)- 90% to 100%
B (3.0)- 89% to 70%
C (2.0)- 69% to 60%
D (1.0)- 59% to 50%
F (no credit) - <49%</p>
<p>I think your B (3.0) should be 89-80,
C (2.0) 79-70%, and
D (1.0) 69-60</p>
<p>Made a mistake....</p>
<p>so i see that a few of you guys seem to be in relative consensus about some sort of nutty grading system, but dont try to say that is 'standard' because i have never seen it used at my school or at anyone who i know's school. That thing is so pumped full of inflation that i cant see how you find it legit. how can you record someone who got an 89 and someone who got a 70 as having scored the same? all i can say is that is definitely not how we do it in New York.</p>
<p>I think your B (3.0) should be 89-80,
C (2.0) 79-70%, and
D (1.0) 69-60</p>
<p>Oh, oops, I just copied and pasted the post above mine without looking at that. Sorry!</p>
<p>My school subdivided each letter grade as follows:</p>
<p>98-100: A+ (4.3)
93-97: A (4.0)
90-92: A- (3.7)
88-89: B+ (3.3)
83-87: B (3.0)
80-82: B- (2.7)
78-79: C+ (2.3)
73-77: C (2.0)
70-72: C- (1.7)
0-69: F (0.0)</p>
<p>Most colleges have a similar system except that an A+ is only a 4.0, and there are D grades.</p>
<p>No, no, no. I don't think that's what the OP means. </p>
<p>vishnucmouli is not asking about converting letter grades to XX%. He or she is asking how GPAs convert to XX%.</p>
<p>We all know 3.0 = B = 80-89% (just for example)</p>
<p>But the OP wants to know specifically how do we convert 3.6548 to a % in the 80's or 90's range. Like exactly 88% (or what ever). Right?</p>
<p>And I want to know, too.</p>
<p>Colleges recalculate your GPA for their own purposes. The only thing they take directly from your school is your class rank.</p>
<p>93% does not necessarily = 4.0.</p>
<p>I don't know what scale the Ivies/top 20 schools use, because if they used A (90-100) = 4.0, B (80-89) = 3.0, then there would be a ton of 4.0's and not a lot of differentiation. But if they use A=4.0, A-=3.67, they have to struggle through using different systems (some use 90=A, others 93=A, others 94=A, etc.), and it would ultimately be unfair to some.</p>
<p>But whatever genius formula the Tier I schools use will take your final grades individually, weight them appropriately for class rigor, and then take the average. They aren't going to take your percentage and go straight to 4.0.</p>
<p>Also, this confusion is why we take the SAT's.</p>
<p>@DougBetsy: Why do you want to know this? Colleges don't generally ask for it.</p>
<p>I think a lot of colleges recalculate GPA to their own standard.
I believe most of the time it is an unweighted 4.0 system.
like what people said before.
4.0- 90-100
3.0- 80-89
2.0- 70-79 and so on.</p>
<p>If you want to know how a percentage converts to GPA, it's already been posted. 90-100=4.0, 80-89=3.0, etc. Some schools may further subdivide it before averaging but that's about the jist of it.</p>
<p>Regarding a plus/minus system for colleges, Georgia Tech doesn't have one, but the University of Georgia does.</p>
<p>So, at GT, a 90 and a 100 both show up as a 4.0. However, at UGA, they're not the same. I don't go there, so I don't know the exact figure, but I think an A- is a 3.7, an A is a 4.0, and an A+ is a 4.3.</p>
<p>
[quote]
@DougBetsy: Why do you want to know this? Colleges don't generally ask for it.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Because sometimes I come across a poster on the "chance me" forum who states his GPA as 92%. Not 3.X. Just 92% </p>
<p>My kids' school uses the 4 point scale. I'm facinated to see some schools use a 100-point scale. And I'm curious to know how they relate to each other. </p>
<p>And I still don't think some of the answers on this thread are complete. For example, if </p>
<p>
[quote]
4.0- 90-100
3.0- 80-89
2.0- 70-79 and so on
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Is 4.0 ONLY a 100? If it is, then 3.9 must be in the high 90's, right? But, that can't be right if a 3.0 is allowed to = 80%. That would be a 19 point spread for "Bs."</p>
<p>It's really no big deal for me. I can calculate it all by myself. Wouldn't every drop of 0.1 on a 4.0 scale = 2.5% drop on a 100-point scale?</p>
<p>4.0 = 100%
3.9 = 97.5%
3.8 = 95%
3.7 = 92.5%
3.6 = 90% (the GPA threshold for one to say he has an "A" average)
3.5 = 87.5% (highest GPA for a "B" average)
and so on...</p>
<p>That's all. It's really no big deal. Just curious.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>No, a 4.0 is an A and, depending on the grading scale the school uses, a 4.0 may be 90% and up or 95% and up. Personally, my school uses the % system and I find it way better than a letter system, because it's much more precise in evaluating your profiency in a subject. I plan on just write down my average % on my college applications... It would be really unfair to a student who has a 99% average to have a GPA of 3.9 when others get away with a 92%= 4.0 GPA because it's an A average. </p>
<p>As I said in an earlier post, % grades aren't linearly proportional to a 4.0 scale. That's why some people have 4.0 UW GPAs but have a 93-92% average in reality. It all depends on what you school defines as an A.</p>
<p>DougBetsy, think of it this way. All schools calculate a student's numerical grade for a course. Some schools report that number on the transcript. Others convert it to the four point scale. To compute GPA (either in numerical or four point form), schools then average all of the grades reported on a student's transcript. It's impossible to know how a person's GPA on a four point scale converts to the numerical scale. Here is an example:</p>
<p>Alice and Bob both attend Central High School, which uses the 0-100 scale. There grades were:</p>
<p>Alice
[ul][<em>]History: 90
[</em>]Math: 88
[<em>]English: 93
[</em>]Science: 83
[/ul]</p>
<p>Bob
[ul][<em>]History: 92
[</em>]Math: 89
[<em>]English: 97
[</em>]Science: 87
[/ul]</p>
<p>Alice's GPA on a 100 point scale is 88.5 while Bob's is 91.25. But what if they went to Eastern High School, which uses the four point scale?</p>
<p>Alice
[ul][<em>]History: 3.7 (A-)
[</em>]Math: 3.3 (B+)
[<em>]English: 4.0 (A)
[</em>]Science: 3.0 (B)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Bob
[ul][<em>]History: 3.7 (A-)
[</em>]Math: 3.3 (B+)
[<em>]English: 4.0 (A)
[</em>]Science: 3.0 (B)
[/ul]</p>
<p>At this school, Alice and Bob would both have a GPA of 3.5! The point is that you can't easily convert the 100 point scale to the four point scale, or vice-versa. I realize other people have made this point already, but hopefully this example will help those who are still a bit confused.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>Great example! It's exactly what I tried to explain, but you put the whole issue in a real-life situation. :) It's a really unfair system, because one with a 98% average has a better grasp on the material and yet, a 92% student has the same GPA...</p>
<p>Yes, I get it now. </p>
<p>If only I had carried my own math out to 3.0 = 75% I would have realized that 75% can never (??) equal a B. </p>
<p>Too bad they don't compute back and forth in a nice clean way. No wonder colleges calculate their own GPAs for each applicant.</p>