<p>Math Lvl 2: 800/800
US History: 780/800
Chemistry: 770/800</p>
<p>EC:</p>
<ul>
<li>math olympiad champion 2012 and 2013</li>
<li>robotics competition 3rd runner up</li>
<li>helped a small village use solar energy to power up (glass, solar panels, and I meeted with the village "manager")</li>
</ul>
<p>What are your actual grades in your educational system? What country are you from? You don’t need to convert your raw grades to an Americanized GPA.</p>
<p>Gibby, don’t you think Harvard will assess OP’s academic ability relative to his home country? Also, does the website have any credibility? Apparently, a British C-grade is equivalent to an American A-grade. I knew that the U.K. had a more rigorous curriculum, but this sounds a bit fishy.</p>
<p>^^ Yes, Harvard has plenty of experience translating GPA’s from International students, so students don’t actually have to do that themselves. I posted the site because whatever conversion charts the OP was using seemed a bit too harsh. This site may be a little too lenient, but I wanted the OP to run their grades through this site because it’s difficult to believe that a student with such tippy-top test scores has such a low GPA. With that kind of GPA, it’s probably impossible to get teachers to write stellar recommendations. </p>
<p>EDIT: And, as an additional note, there must be a great unspoken reason why the OP’s GPA went up so dramatically in 11th and 12th grade!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for helping out, Crimsons!</p>
<p>Actually the situation is like this *I’ll be speaking in American terms :)</p>
<p>When I was Grade 6, I was preparing for GCSEs and I completely screwed up the school internal tests, I mean I literally got fails everywhere, D this one, F that one. I call that GPA a 0.5 - 1.0</p>
<p>That continued for 2 years, until the real GCSEs I got</p>
<p>A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B</p>
<p>Ok that was GCSEs</p>
<p>And then bout two years ago I started IB, again I screwed up the first 2 semesters of work, Basically I BLoody failed everything! </p>
<p>Then I realized man thats not a good GPA. I studied. and I got As in everything. Took the American SAT, APs too, went out better than expected!</p>
<p>So do I as an international student have a garbage Cumulative GPA now? Do I still stand a chance despite my GPA?</p>
<p>Because by the way in the UK, universities don’t calculate/count your school tests, but America does. So I have no idea how they would calculate my GPA…</p>
<p>Wrobbie, I’m assuming you’re a British student. Could you state your actual GCSE and IB grades? Harvard and other Ivy League schools are familiar with the British educational system, and won’t require you to convert anything into an American GPA. </p>
<p>Your academic record before Year 10 is not considered. You must apply in Year 13 (not 12). Harvard says that people applying in Year 12 are at a “tremendous” disadvantage. Did you retake a year? Also, internal assessments are also not considered; only public examinations are.</p>
<p>I don’t know what your school’s policy is, but in my school(brit int), the only valid grades both for IGCSEs are A-levels, are the externally assessed exams from CIE. If you messed up everything in your first two semesters of the IB you mean you messed up your junior year grades really bad or not? If yes, you will be at a disadvantage…</p>
<p>Wrobbie, that’s correct. Internal assessments do not count; only public examinations are. Your IB “prediction” needs to be realistic and reflective of your past academic achievements. </p>
<p>How does your school perform in league tables? Your GCSEs are on the lower side if you are from an average-level school. If you are from a private school, or a selective state school, you will be at a disadvantage.</p>