<p>“We use scores from each section in our review, but the reports on averages generate totals”
That’s off UVA dean J’s blog. </p>
<p>I never seen that @billcsho @engineering01
My school does it the way I say and surrounding schools. How does that work thats interesting?? My school does 93-100 is an A and 85-92 is a B and so on. </p>
<p>@engineering01
If you have nothing lower than A-, you need to have more than 1/3 classes in A- to get a GPA below 3.9.</p>
<p>@BB8764
If your school calculate GPA in 4.0 scale, they will convert the letter grades into 4.0 scale. It does not matter what percentage score you need to receive a certain letter grade. In my D’s school, 100 is A+ (4.0), 95-99 is A (4.0), 91-94 is A- (3.7), etc. Some schools do not give GPA in 4.0 scale but just in % score. Both are common, but more schools use a 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>My school has grades calculated every semester due to block scheduling, so normal 1 semester receive the normal weight so full year A-'s count as an A- twice.</p>
<p>^ Most schools do, but you still need to have more than 1/3 credit in A- to get GPA below 3.9, and more than 2/3 in A- to get it below 3.8. A few A- should not matter. Anyway, just try your best to keep up the GPA. As mentioned earlier, some schools would drop the subgrades when recalculating GPA.</p>
<p>If it makes any difference, I can also speak another language fluently and I made sure to emphasize that on my application. Is that considered something of value?</p>
<p>As an update, I just got accepted into VCU and Georgia Tech, and was rejected from MIT. I was also offered a partial scholarship from VCU if I attend. </p>