<p>I found threads for this in other forums but I'm curious about those who applied to USC.</p>
<p>Ours is just over 4.4 and is based on a 4.0 scale for all CP and most honors classes. 5.0 scale is used only for:
Honors English 3
Language 4
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors Chem
All AP classes (16 available)</p>
<p>our highest gpa is just over 4.4, too</p>
<p>our highest is a 4.3, when a kid skipped lunch periods for 2 years to take an AP course</p>
<p>im confused stress0ut? he was a nerd and didnt eat lunch so he could take an ap course?</p>
<p>ours is 4.0... i.e. Gym counts the same as AP calculus</p>
<p>the highest you can attain is 5.0..but that's never been done..4.5 has been however achieved before.</p>
<p>How can you get a 5.0? Does that mean that you can take all classes worth 5 points, even freshman classes like Honors English 1, , all Languages, Honors Science classes, etc.?</p>
<p>4.83
We get 6 for an AP, 5 for a Pre-AP and 4 for a levels class.</p>
<p>lol no a 5.0 is impossible..
AP classes = 5 pts
honors and all other classes = 4 pts</p>
<p>so in order to get a 5.0..each and everyone of ur classes would have to be an AP</p>
<p>we do it by a 6.0 scale too, our highest this year is a 5.7something weighted </p>
<p>AP and honors get a 6.0
then we have advance classes tat are 5.0</p>
<p>they got rid of reg classes tat gets a 4.0 in our freshman year, so noone gets a 4.0 unless they make a C in an AP class of a B in an advance class</p>
<p>i have a 4.86 where honors&AP are 5.0, all the rest are 4.0</p>
<p>^^^ Teh winnah! ^^^</p>
<p>this might sound crazy, but my friend from last year actually got a 5.0 for two grading periods, ended up with like 4.9 or so for the semester...he had 6 honors/AP's (worth 5) and religion (worth 4) and he got A+'s in a couple classes (5.33)...he ended up going to Harvard (he was also URM/Recruited athlete/2200 SAT)...and he was a nice guy</p>
<p>6.0 for AP's?! That's why we can't compare weighted GPA's!</p>
<p>I finally get why schools send their grading system along w/ transcripts haha.</p>
<p>Past valedictorians have had 5.1111 or something like that. but the gpa system that determines our valedictorians follows some strange equation. so if they took extra AP's it counts for more or something.</p>
<p>my school = </p>
<p>"regular" classes: 4.0
honors classes: 4.5
high honors classes: 5.0
AP: 5.0</p>
<p>& we don't have +/- grades, just A, B, C, D, F.</p>
<p>there are required regular& honors courses for freshman year + you have to take "regular" level gym/health/drivers' ed/etc, so the highest gpas are around 4.6-4.7.</p>
<p>golly, talk about grade inflation! i feel bad for the college adcoms who have to wade thru all the different systems</p>
<p>we get 5 for APs and honors classes, of which there are about 8 that we can take, and they ease you into it, like 0 for frosh, 1 for soph (AP bio), juniors can take 2 honors and 3 APs, seniors can take one honors and up to 4 APs if they didn't already take some as juniors</p>
<p>+/- doesnt make a difference in the GPA, which is unfortunate, but that's the way most colleges do it, so I don't mind</p>
<p>What we need is the option to take honors Religion courses, because those dampen the GPA year after year</p>
<p>4.4.................</p>
<p>My school offers something like 26 AP classes, and apparently some kid has taken all of them... I'm not sure what his weighted GPA is, but it's probably not too shabby.</p>