What is my High School's GPA Scale?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hey,
I'm not quite sure what should I put on my common app GPA section, weighted or non weighted?</p>

<p>The way my school works:
UW:
A - 4
B - 3
C - 2</p>

<p>When you add honors and AP classes however, then its this
A - 5
B - 4
C - 3</p>

<p>I have 2 GPAS on my transcript: it says: Weighted - 4.6, Unweighted - 3.7</p>

<p>Which one do I put and what scale do I choose?</p>

<p>Does it go
GPA: 4.6 / GPA Scale: 5</p>

<p>and
GPA: 3.7 / GPA Scale: 4</p>

<p>Or is it simply a scale of 4 points even if my school offers AP classes</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Put the 3.7/4.0.</p>

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<p>I have a related question. My school calculates weighted GPA, where an A in a regular course is a 4.0, in an honors course 4.5, and in an AP course 5.0. However, it’s impossible to take all AP classes, so a 5.0 is technically not achievable. I don’t even think any student has achieved a solid 4.5 in the past few years.</p>

<p>So I’m reporting my weighted GPA because my school doesn’t officially calculate unweighted. Should I report the scale as 4 or 5?</p>

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<p>Kalathalan: Out of 5. Even with that weighting system (that’s how my school does it too), a GPA over 4 is highly possible, and it’s just impossible to say you have a 4.25 out of 4 GPA.</p>

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<p>Kathalan: I believe it would be out of 4. We do something similar at my school (we only weigh AP’s) my counselor specifically said we have a 4.0 scale, even if above a 4.0 is achievable (that would be you taking the harder credits to boost your GPA after all)</p>

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<p>I agree with annay49. It would be a 4.5 out of 4 weighted</p>