My school only gives us our GPA out of 100 so am not sure what it is on a 4.0 scale. I have a 96.65 unweighted gpa. Could someone please help???
You have a 4.0 unweighted GPA.
I came up with dividing 96.65 by 25 to get a 3.866 (or multiplying it by .04). Could you explain how I would have a 4.0 versus a 3.866? Thank you!!
Anything in the 93-96 range is a 4.0 on the 4.0 scale. So is anything in the 97-100 range, but on the 4.3 scale, this range is considered a 4.3. My school doesn’t actually use this scale, but this is what I found from a simple Google search. The issue with your calculation is that you assumed a 4.0 equates to only a 100, which it does not. Congrats on an incredible GPA, though! But, what might be a bit more important is your weighted GPA – even if your school doesn’t calculate it, you will have a high weighted GPA if you have taken rigorous classes (you already have excellent grades, so if you’ve taken honors/AP classes, your weighted will be very high).
Thing is, it’s not a simple calculation.
3 grades of 95 give a 95 average. Each grade of 95 would be considered an A (4.0) at most schools, resulting in a 4.0 average GPA.
3 grades of 100, 100, and 85 also give a 95 average. But now that’s two A’s and a B. No longer a 4.0 even though it’s the same numerical average.
@bodangles Is correct. My answer was just based on what I’ve seen since my school uses a 6.0 scale instead of a 4.0 scale.
So what would my gpa end up to be?
What are your classes, and what grade on the 100 scale do you have in each class?
I just found out that the 96.65 was my actually my weighted gpa accumulative to every semester obviously (I have completed 5 because I am in the middle of my second semester as a junior) and I am still not sure what the 96.65 would be on what I’m guessing to be a 5.0 scale because its weighted…? My school does an absolute terrible job of explaining gpa. Last semester I had: AP Chem- 83, AP ENG 3-91, Honors Band-100, AP Physics 1- 93, AP US History-90, Honors precal-87, AP Computer Science-98.
@samster101 Unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale is calculated by averaging all of your final grades, making the assumptions that A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, and F = 0. If you can get hold of an unofficial transcript from your counselor (or just ask her), you can calculate it.
For example, if your FINAL grades in your classes for 11th grade was as you listed (not a mid-term grade, which is probably what you are providing), you would have for that year:
(2 x 3 + 5 x 4) / 7 = 3.714 GPA
Average that with your last 2 years´ equivalent, and that is your commonly used GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Thank you. So how could I calculate my weighted gpa on what I’m assuming to be on a 5.0 scale?
Depends on the school. Mine does 0.5 increase for AP classes and a 1.0 increase for AP classes w/ registration for respective exam.
We get 10 extra points for ap classes and 5 extra for preap/honors classes.
In that case, you might want to include a 0.5 bonus for honors classes (we don’t).
So, in the aforementioned example, if you ended your year with AP Chem- 83, AP ENG 3-91, Honors Band-100, AP Physics 1- 93, AP US History-90, Honors Precal-87, AP Computer Science-98 AND took the exams:
5: AP Eng, AP Physics, AP US History, AP Comp Sci
4.5: Honors Band
4: AP Chem
3.5: Honors PreCalc
(4 x 5 + 4.5 + 4 + 3.5) / 7 = 4.571 GPA would be your Weighted GPA for your 11th grade year (it is not, though, because there are not your final grade). Average that out with your 9th and 10th calculations, and there you have it, tailored to your school.
By the way, if you try to go to private / prestigious colleges next year, it won’t matter much compared to your unweighted, so don’t let the score boost be too big of a deal.
Thank you so much. So will colleges that I apply to calculate their own unweighted gpa for me? I was hoping that the harder classes that I took would pay off in terms of boosting my gpa but it doesn’t sound like they will.
Some will look at the UW GPA on the transcript; others will calculate a weighted GPA based on their own parameters. However, few colleges will tell you what they are going to do.
Regardless, unless a college asks you to convert your GPA to a 4.0 scale, (and in those very rare instances, they will tell you how to do the conversion), report your GPA on a 100 point scale.
Okay. So regardless of how they decide to measure my gpa, they will be able to take into account the harder classes that I have taken in whatever manner they choose.