Weighted or Unweighted

<p>Someone please explain to me the difference in GPA?</p>

<p>Weighted means that your AP/Honors courses receive points like this: A=5, B=4, C=3. But not your regular courses.</p>

<p>Unweighted means that EVERY single one of your courses receives points like A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1</p>

<p>The difference is basically giving you credit for trying your a** off in harder classes.</p>

<p>A lot of the time the actual number values given depends on each school (meaning there is no one true universal system) but it just means basically giving harder classes a more forgiving grading scale that exceeds the typical 4.0 max grade</p>