<p>Hey guys. I keep hearing different variations in regard to GPA's. Some say an "A" means 90-100, and therefore, if your average is above a 90, then you have a 4.0 UW (Btw, I am only discussing UW GPA's, seeing as my school does not weigh GPA's, regardless of the course). Others say and A+ , which is a 95-99 is a 4.0. But my college guidance said that we had to calculate GPA's by the 4 method, meaning that whatever our composite average was, we had to take that and multiply it by 4, then divide it by a 100. So, with my 96.7 average, I'd only end up with a 3.87! That's totally unfair. How do so many people have 3.9's and 4.0's? I'm in every honors course, and I work pretty darn hard.....</p>
<p>That’s pretty harsh. I manage a 3.93 at a school where 93-100 is an A/4.0, with my few A-s and one B I’m probably at a 93ish average in all IB classes.</p>
<p>I think when you send your transcript in, though, there should be some sort of an explanation accompanying it with the scoring breakdown at your school, so colleges would know that a 3.87 at your school means more than a 3.87 at a school like mine</p>
<p>To make it easier for everyone, just do this: average up all your final grades. Then, divide that number by 25.</p>
<p>So a 100 = 4.0
95 = 3.8
etc.</p>
<p>Some school weight there’s differently, but I’m pretty sure that colleges ask for the entire transcript, not just the GPA for a reason. So I’d rely on this.</p>
<p>My school’s transcript doesn’t show an exact number, though, it only shows the letter grade. I guess that’s lucky for me and my habit of getting an A with the minimum percentage possible >.></p>
<p>Every school is different. Mine goes like:
A+ = 97-100 = 4.3
A = 93-96 = 4
A- = 90-92 = 3.7
B+ = 87-89 = 3.3
B = 83-86 = 3
B- = 80-82 = 2.7</p>
<p>etc</p>
<p>My school makes makes no distinction between a 90 and a 100. They both just show up as “A” on the transcript, no pluses or minuses. While good for As, it’s brutal if you get an 88-89. Which is why teachers almost always round.</p>
<p>HADC: At my school, they only round if you happen to be a good student</p>
<p>At my school, a 90 or higher is equivalent to a 4.0.</p>
<p>That’s total and utter BS that you guys get rounded a full 1-3 points up. They don’t even round for anybody at my school. My GPA would be like a 3.6 instead of a 3.4 if we had the flat A/B/C/D/F system plus grades rounded up would probably make me a 3.7 :(</p>
<p>A+ = 97-100 = 4.3
A = 93-96 = 4
A- = 90-92 = 3.7
B+ = 87-89 = 3.3
B = 83-86 = 3
B- = 80-82 = 2.7</p>
<p>^I believe schools calculate it this way.</p>
<p>^ That’s what my school does!!!</p>
<p>I’m glad most colleges recalculate your GPA otherwise I would be so mad that while I’m getting 3.7 for my A-, others are getting the 4.0 
Because even though we have the 4.3 to boost our gpa, in my school once you get to AP/IB classes, it’s almost impossible to get an A+</p>
<p>my school does a fairly standard scale for unweighted</p>
<p>unweighted
89.5+=4.0
79.5-89.4 =3.0
69.5-79.4 =2.0
59.5-69.4 =1.0
0-59.4=1.0</p>
<p>what is unusual is our weighted scale. regular classes follow the above point system. for honors/pre-ap/pre-ib courses add one point to each value (89.5+=5.0). for ap/ib courses add two points to each value. (89.5+=6.0). our school’s gpas are calculated using only your year end grade and only the final letter grade for each class shows up on your transcripts. basically, a 89.5 and a 100 carry the same value.</p>
<p>My school has the 4.0 for a 90 average. But at the same time, if you all your grades are 89’s, your GPA is a 3.0. So it has its goods with its bads.</p>
<p>92.5 - 100 = A
92.4 - 84.5 = B
84.4 - 76.5 = C
76.4 - 69.5 = D
69 below = F </p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>Ha Ha! I’m so glad I graduated this year.</p>
<p>My school was:</p>
<p>95 = A-
88 = B-
81 = C-
75 = D-
< 75 = F</p>
<p>Then again, An A was a 4.0, a B was 3.0, etc. without +/- distinction. </p>
<p>Dealt with that for 13 years. Still got a 4.0 UW. I’d feel successful if my school didn’t suck so bad.</p>
<p>A+ = 97-100 = 4
A = 93-96 = 4
A- = 90-92 = 3.7
B+ = 87-89 = 3.3
B = 83-86 = 3
B- = 80-82 = 2.7</p>
<p>^This is how I believe schools do it - I forgot to mention that A+ still = 4.0…</p>
<p>… This explains why there’s so many 4.0 UW in CC… hehe
My school uses the “standard” (I put that in quotations since nothing is the standard regarding GPA but it’s the system Collegeboard uses and what my GC says is the standard).</p>
<p>A+ = 97-100 = 4
A = 93-96 = 3.9
A- = 90-92 = 3.7
B+ = 87-89 = 3.3
B = 83-86 = 3
B- = 80-82 = 2.7
C+ = 77-79 = 2.3</p>
<p>AP Scale
A+ = 97-100 = 6
A = 93-96 = 5.8
A- = 90-92 = 5.5
B+ = 87-89 = 4.9
B = 83-86 = 4.5
B- = 80-82 = 4.0
C+ = 77-79 = 3.4…</p>
<p>Although next year, the AP scale will be capped at 5.0 since my school feels that it’s inflating its GPA ><</p>
<p>We only calculate unweighted GPA, and use the following system for doing so:</p>
<p>A-/A/A+ = 4.0
B-/B/B+ = 3.0
C-/C/C+ = 2.0
D-/D/D+ = 1.0
F = 0.0</p>
<p>Many teachers have different policies regarding which grades are As, which are Bs, and so on; the school just records what they input on the transcript. The most extreme example I know of is AP Physics, where 80% and up is an A (no - or + grades there, I think). In my experience, this is pretty standard:</p>
<p>A+ = 97.5+
A = 91.5 - 97.4
A- = 89.5 - 91.4
B+ = 87.5 - 89.4
B = 81.5 - 87.4
B- = 79.5 - 81.4</p>
<p>and the rest follow the same pattern.</p>
<p>Of course, there are usually variations in the +/- grading. Some teachers choose to not give out + or - grades, just submitting letter grades. In a few classes, A+s are restricted to 100+, as was the case in my English class (where my 98 was still an A and nobody got an A+) and in my Japanese class (where a couple people got A+s). Sometimes A+s are not even given at all, even though the teacher gives out the other +/- grades; this occurred in my math class, where I had a 102 or 100 for most of the second semester (AKA the highest grade in all my teacher’s classes). I suspect that this flexibility in grading may be because A-, A, and A+ are treated the same in GPA calculation, even though +/- grades, when assigned, appear as such on our transcript. (Perhaps teachers are just very reluctant to give out A+s…)</p>
<p>Wow. You guys are so lucky. In my school, even a 99 average will come out to 3.96 GPA.</p>
<p>Well, it’s not all that nice. You can be one of our 15+ valedictorians even if you get a 89.5 in every class (and they don’t even have to be honors or AP classes!), while someone who gets 95+ in most of their classes but has a stray B+ in one class for one semester eventually gets ranked around 30/500 or something.</p>
<p>(…what? I’m not bitter at all because missing an A- by one point out of more than a thousand ruined my chances of valedictorianship! Of course not! What are you talking about?)</p>