<p>Hey Guys!</p>
<p>When looking at UW gpa what counts as 4.0 when converting percentages? The CollegeBoard and Weslyan University state a GPA above 93 is a 4.0. However the Princeton Review states a 4.0 is a percentage above 95. What is true in the case of the Ivies and other competitve schools (Duke, UChicago, Williams, etc.)?</p>
<p>Hmm…,I know that a 93.75 is ‘between a 3.9 and a 4.0’ as per my high school, but beyond that I’m not sure.</p>
<p>Typically (or at least at my school and the schools around my area) a final grade of 93-100% is an A on your transcript and a 4.0. I would go with what the Collegeboard says, but I believe the Collegeboard only rounds GPAs to 1 decimal point. So an A- would be a 3.67 not a 3.7 and a B+ a 3.33 rather than a 3.3.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. Asides from GPA I’m sure colleges also check your transcript. I go to a boarding school in Massachusetts where high percentage GPAs are uncommon. I ended my freshmen year with 86ish due to family issues and my rather poor control of overcoming them. (Never had experienced a death of a close family member and I was without my family for the winter.) I ended my sophmore and junior year sligtly above a 97 UW (Junior Year were all APs extra classes both year) This gives me a GPA of just above 93 UW. Will colleges see the number and be turned off or will they have faith in my academic ability?</p>
<p>The collegeboard chart does not correspond with GPAs that are calculated on a 100 point scale. If you really want to find your UW GPA on a 4.0 scale–though you really don’t need to–then locate your transcript or remember your FINAL grades for each class and calculate your GPA on a 4.0 scale. </p>
<p>For example:
Semester 1
APUSH final grade: 93
AP Lit final grade: 90
AP Chem final grade : 96 </p>
<p>Semester 2
APUSH final grade: 89
AP Lit final grade: 82
AP Chem final grade: 100 </p>
<p>On a 100 point scale would your school calculates it like this correct?
(93+90+96+89+82+100)/6 = 91.67/100
If you just converted that number to a GPA on 4.0 scale, that number would correspond with a 3.67 which would not be your actual GPA. </p>
<p>4.0 Scale calculation
93= A= 4.0
90 = A-= 3.67
96= A= 4.0
89= B+ = 3.33
82 = B-= 2.67
100= A= 4.0 </p>
<p>(4.0+3.67+4.0+3.33+2.67+4.0)/6 = 3.61</p>
<p>As you can see the GPAs cannot be easily converted. You would have to recalculate your whole GPA. If you have time and really want to then do so, but you really don’t have to. </p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>What scale would an Ivy use, because I heard they sometimes recalculate GPA.</p>
<p>I have no idea. I heard that they look at it in context of your school. </p>
<p>Schools don’t like to give information on how they “recalculate” GPA- I’ve asked before and they were really broad. They do look at what your school does with your GPA. Also, you definitely want to mention any family problems on your app and use them to explain why your grades weren’t as high as you wanted them to be. Colleges will be lenient towards these situations.</p>