<p>I go to a strange public school district that has a 4.6 scale (5.6 weighted) and I have absolutely no idea what my GPA is on a 4.0 scale or how the 4.0 scale even works. Anyway if someone could either calculate my GPA for me on the 4.0 scale or tell me how the 4.0 scale works so i could do it myself that would be a big help.</p>
<p>Junior year:
Precalc H: A+
AP English: A-
Spanish H: A+
Philosophy H: A
AP History: A+
Phys Ed: A+
Physics H: B+</p>
<p>Sophomore year
Algebra II H: A
English H: A-
Spanish: A+
AP Govt: A
AP History: A
Phys Ed: A+
lab Chem: A
Fine art: A</p>
<p>Freshman year
Geometry H: A
English H: A-
Spanish: A+
Intl Relations H: A
Geography H:A+
Phys Ed: A
lab Bio: A+
So yeah weighted on my strange 4.6 scale thats a 4.95...but I have no clue what that is on a 4.0 scale unweighted. Any comments are appreciated thansk.</p>
<p>junior: 3.89
soph: 3.96
fresh: 3.96
avg: 3.93</p>
<p>A+, A= 4
A-=3.75
B+=3.5<br>
Etc, but the rest isnt relevant to you</p>
<p>It really depends on the way UW GPA is calculated because the way that I know it is basically any form of A is a 4.0, any form of B is 3.0 and so on.</p>
<p>With that said:
Junior: 3.86
Sophomore: 4.0
Freshman: 4.0
Overall: 3.95</p>
<p>But that's by the method I use so we really need one generally true method.</p>
<p>how do colleges calculate gpa?</p>
<p>Yeah see thats what i was concerned about because I had heard something similar to both of your methodology for your scales (not that I'm complaining because from what you are saying 3.93 and 3.95 is an extremely marginal difference) but I was very confused (my scale is even worse: a+=4.6 a=4.3 a-=4 b+=3.6 etc and add a pt for honors or AP) so yeah I'm just wondering if there is any solid formula for it or is it just a general sort of scale.</p>
<p>well before junior year i was 6/586 (I believe that my scale is sort of screwing me because on either of the other scales I'd be around 3 or 4) but I believe my junior year (with that much honors weight) moved me up to around 5.</p>
<p>Then regardless of your true GPA you are in a fine position since you're in the top 1% so I wouldn't be too concerned about your GPA.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wasn't too worried about what my position was in my own school I was more concerned with what I would be compared with other students from other schools since I'm applying ED to Upenn and I'm just considering my chances. Whenever I discuss GPA with other kids from other schools i just say I have no idea lol so i wanted an idea of where i stacked up.</p>
<p>great...another variation</p>
<p>LOL, don't worry about your GPA too much, because comparing yours to those of others doesn't prove much because of inflation and deflation, so since you have a rank this will definitely give them a better picture, but seriously don't look too much into GPA, granted it's helpful, but it's not the only important thing.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that grades were the most important aspect of the whole admission process. Obviously, grades are probably the area with the least amount of true marked difference across the board, but I was just hoping with a GPA above a 3.9 (which it seems I do have) and with high stats in other areas (which I believe I do have) that I'd be competitive anywhere.</p>
<p>No, don't get me wrong, grades are very important, it's just that since colleges don't know every school personally they can't really grasp a true idea of what your GPA entails but they sure as hell try to understand it, though nonetheless having a high GPA is obviously going to keep you competitive so yeah sorry if I mislead, but yeah GPA is definitely important just not the only thing.</p>