<p>My school gives both weighted and unweighted GPA, but the common app only asks for one. I'll send my transcript in anyways, but which one should I write/looks better for the common app? If it helps, UW is 4.00, W is 4.81.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing last year, and ultimately my guidance counselor told me to put my weighted GPA because that was how class rank was determined. However, I had a 4.4 on a 6.0 scale…yet 6.0 was not actually possible at our school. Your GC probably has the definitive answer, though.</p>
<p>IMO the most unintuitive part of the common app and the whole college admissions process is trying to convey the grading system of the applicant’s high school.</p>
<p>The help center says that if your school reports both weighted and unweighted GPA, then put down the weighted one.</p>