Whats your schools weighted GPA system?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>“My school only weights APs and does it on this scale:
5 for an A
3.75 for a B
2.5 for a C
1.25 for a D”</p>

<p>We have the same system. This means my B’s in AP classes actually HURTS my class rank more then kids that took all regular classes and graduate with a 4.0</p>

<p>Then again, I am in Metro Detroit as well… highest gpa anyone ever has had has been 4.3</p>

<p>My district is now adding IB and was talking about how these classes will be weighted. They are saying that only HL classes will get the 5.0 weight.</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t weight grades at all. We just use the normal 4.0 system. An A is a 4.0, an A- is a 3.7, a B+ is a 3.3, and so on.
As for the percentages to get those grades, it varies from class to class. For most classes, 93% and above is an A, but I have some that are a bit odd. My AP Lit teacher makes 95% and up an A, but my AP Calc teacher makes it so 84% and up is an A.</p>

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At least your school still weights a little bit. If I got a B in an AP class, I’d get a 3.0 for that. One of the dumbest girls I know has a 4.0 because she takes easy classes and cries to teachers before the final to get good grades, while I’ve worked hard to earn a 3.95 in AP classes.</p>

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<p>Regular classes:</p>

<p>A-4
B-3
C-2
D-1
F-0</p>

<p>Honors/AP:</p>

<p>A-4.5
B-3.5
C-2.5
D-1.5
F-0.5</p>

<p>Yes my school sucks.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what the policy is per se…but last year our Valedictorian had a 7 point something GPA :/</p>

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<p>Regular classes & honors
A+ (98-100)= 4.4
A (92-97)= 4.0
A- (90-91) = 3.7
B+ (88-89) = 3.4
B= 3.0
B- = 2.7
and so on…</p>

<p>AP’s are .5 higher
A+ = 4.9
A = 4.5
A- = 4.2
B+ = 3.9
and so on…</p>

<p>The highest this year was probably a 4.7 but everyone here is smart since its a private school.</p>

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<p>I mean, colleges are aware of the context of your weighted GPAs, and unweighted remains on a 4.0 scale. They’ll see that 6 points are awarded for an A in an AP class at say my school as opposed to a competing applicant whose school only awards 4.5 for an A.</p>

<p>That being said, my school is fairly difficult, as far as public high schools go. I’ve gotten straight As, took as many honors as possible freshman and sophomore years, 4 APs last year, 7 this year…and I still didn’t break top 10 with a 4.8.
We also are on a 7 point grading scale: 93-100=A, 85-92=B and so on.
No pluses or minuses.</p>

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<p>Regular
A-4
B-3
C-2
D-1</p>

<p>Honors
A-4.5
B-3.5
and so on</p>

<p>AP
A-5
B-4
C-3
and so on</p>

<p>Grading scale is
A: 100-92
B: 92-86
C: 85-78
D: 77-70
F: <70</p>

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<p>10-A+
9-A
8-A-
7-B+
6-B
5-B-
and so forth…</p>

<p>98+ is an A+
93+ is an A
90+ is an A-
and so forth</p>

<p>dfjas;ljflk sjdl i only have 1 a+ :(</p>

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<p>@ac33527</p>

<p>"but everyone here is smart since its a private school. "</p>

<p>lmao. that’s a pretty big generalization to make.</p>