<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>Colleges will take into account what high school you are from and how your high school calculates GPA to look at what your GPA would be comparatively.</p>
<p>At my high school, most classes A counts as above a 92.5, though language classes required above a 95. It all depends on your high school’s system, and colleges know that.</p>
<p>My school counts anything above 90 as 4.0</p>
<p>and then:
89=3.9
88=3.8
etc.</p>
<p>So basically everyone has a 4.0 UW</p>
<p>@GreedIsGood</p>
<p>You have one generous school. For us, an A+ (98 onwards) is a 4.4, an A (92-97) is a 4, an A- (90-91) is a 3.7, a B+ (88-89) is a 3.5, and it just gets worse as you progress downwards.</p>
<p>They do weight APs generously, adding .5 to the UW point, but a weighted GPA doesn’t mean anything (besides qualifying for valedictorian).</p>