<p>My kids go to a public high school - 5 years ago they changes the grading system - prior was 90-100 = A = 4.0, 80-89 = B = 3.0 etc. AP and dual credit classes were given weight at 10% - i.e and 82 would be a 90% and a 4.0.</p>
<p>Now it is an A+, A, A- etc system. 90-92 = A-, 93-96 = A, 97-100 = A+
A+= 4.33, A= 4.0, A- = 3.67 etc…
they changed the weighting - now AP’s are weighted 10% of the GPA. So an 87% = B+ and the weighted GPA is 3.66 instead of 3.33.</p>
<p>Honors courses are not weighted at all.</p>
<p>Last year was the first class to graduate under the new system. The GPA’s went waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy down. They did not change the NHS gpa requirements and the number of student who qualifed for NHS is way down.</p>
<p>The problem of splitting hairs for the valedictorian/salutatorian was eliminated.</p>
<p>I have found having 3 seniors in 4 years and doing the college search that most selective colleges take apart your transcript and recalculate your GPA. My kids benefited from this tremendously.</p>
<p>They are hurt when applying to programs and scholarship that just go by the GPA on your transcript.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that you just can’t compare GPA’s between schools - it’s like comparing apples to oranges.</p>