<p>I was just looking at old threads about admission to summer programs, and a lot of the people were only 9th graders but still had very high weighted gpas, like 4.6, even though they didn't take any AP classes. At my school, the only things you get extra weight for are AP and IB HL classes. I am a 9th grader, we can only take one AP class, AP Human Geography, I have an A in that class, which makes my weighted gpa 4.17. I am also taking Algebra 2 plus, which is kinda like Algebra 2 honors and Pre- AP English 9, which is like Honors English, but that doesn't count for extra weight. So how do these other people get such high gpa's?</p>
<p>Their schools may add weight to honors classes or their scale just might be different. Weighted GPAs are in no way standard amongst schools. They could have a 4.6 because their GPAs are on a 5.0 scale or because an additional half point or point is given to Honors classes.</p>
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<p>Different weighting systems. GPA weighting is usually pretty arbitrary and weighted GPA is really only useful for comparing students who go to the same school. As such, your GPA will not be directly compared to the GPAs of people who go to different schools, at least not without recalculation to make everything fair. If you’ve gotten mostly As in the most challenging classes your school allows you to take, you’re fine in terms of grades.</p>
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<p>But for the summer program I am applying to, it only says to put down your weighted GPA. That isn’t fair is it? It is already hard for a 9th grader to get in, now it’ll be even harder for me.</p>
<p>They might want you to write it as a fraction, like your GPA out of the highest GPA possible. 4.5/5.0 or something like that. Do they ask you to submit a high school transcript?</p>
<p>They do ask for a transcript, halcyonheather.</p>
<p>Then they’ll have more information about your grades than just the weighted GPA your school calculates. If you got mostly As in the most challenging classes you could have taken, you’ll probably be fine in terms of grades.</p>
<p>Many schools have honors out of 5 and AP out of 6</p>