| | | 
07-05-2005, 03:32 PM
|
#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 6
| grading scale West Coast versus East Coast
In my old HS in California, their grading system was so that an A is 90-100, B - 80-89, etc., but then when I came to Virginia, the grading scale was a lot more strict, so that A is 93-100. I thought it was because my particular school was difficult, but apparantly this grading system is common in Virginia.
I was wondering if UC's convert the east coast GPA to probably the California standardized grading system...?
| 
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 04:10 PM
|
#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 167
|
I doubt that the UCs will change a Virginia B that is a 92.44 to an A.
My state, KY. also uses the same grading scale as Virginia.
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 06:39 PM
|
#3 | | Member
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 500
|
We use that:
A+=97-100
A =93-96
A- =90-93
B+=87-89
B =83-86
and so on
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 07:51 PM
|
#4 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Garden State
Posts: 580
|
I think it depends on how the grades are listed on your high school transcript. Are there letter grades or numerical grades?
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 07:54 PM
|
#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Northern VA -> Columbia University
Posts: 2,598
|
Well in my county (i live in VA btw) we have a slightly different scale.
94-100 A
90-93 B+
84-89 B
80-84 C+
.
.
.
.
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 08:27 PM
|
#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bethesda, MD
Posts: 119
|
that sucks for you in virginia but i'm sure the college admissions officers realize that and compare you only in the context of your own school (as they say that they do). Across the border in Maryland, anything that is an 89.5 and up gets you an A, therefore, hypothetically, you could get 89.5s in every subject, every semester, and have a 4.0 (at least in montgomery county)
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 08:40 PM
|
#7 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 527
|
I would imagine that your school puts numerical values on your transcript, so it won't really matter about the grading scale.
At my school, a 4.0 is not all A's, but a 100 average in every class. People whose grades are all in the upper 90s (96-99) usually have like a 3.85 or 3.9...does anyone else's school do this?
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 09:20 PM
|
#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey ----> Wesleyan University!!!
Posts: 250
|
Mine is 90-100 is an A, etc.
And an A is a 4.0, a B is a 3.0, etc.
We're simple up here in northwestern NJ. :P
| |
| Reply
| |
07-05-2005, 11:31 PM
|
#9 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 332
|
Simple as well in Alabama:
90-100 = A = 4.00 unless weighted
A = 4.25 if Honors
A = 5.00 if AP/IB
| |
| Reply
| |
07-06-2005, 12:55 AM
|
#10 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 667
|
Hahaha mine is the best. 89.5 and up is an A. All that goes on the transcript is A,B,C, etc. All honors and APs are 5 points weighted. All honors, no AP's, straight 89.5's = 5.0 5.0 isn't possible because of required non-honors classes and schedule conflicts, of course though...
edit: ps. im in florida.
| |
| Reply
| |
07-06-2005, 09:07 AM
|
#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bethesda, MD
Posts: 119
|
we do it the same way in maryland but during junior and senior year you can get a 5.0
| |
| Reply
| All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:12 PM. |
