<p>D is eligible for the National Hispanic Recognition Program. One criteria is GPA. A GPA in the range of 3.0 to 3.4 qualifies for honorable mention. Above that (3.5+) qualifies for scholar.</p>
<p>D’s school uses a 100 point scale. I believe her GPA will be an 89.97. What does that translate to on a 4.0 scale? </p>
<p>Since scholarship money may be at stake, I want to know a general concensus of how to equate the two.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Approx 3.67</p>
<p>Sent from my DROIDX using CC App</p>
<p>Do you send the full transcript?</p>
<p>I think I would convert it by assigning a value to EACH year-end (or semester-end, for semester-long courses) grade and doing the math that way. If they are all full-year courses, it’s simple. Assign a value and divide by number of courses. If it’s a mix of full-and half-year courses, you have to work with that.</p>
<p>Our school uses a straight-up 90+ = 4, 80-89 = 3, 70-79 = 2, etc. method, with weighting for honors/GT/AP. However, unweighted is whast is used for our state’s scholarship eligibility. They multiply the grade (4,3,2, etc) by 2 for a semester and 4 for a full-year course to get “quality points,” then divide by the total number of quality points (again, 2 for semester courses and 4 for semesters).</p>
<p>Try recalculating GPA using both all courses and academic-only (e.g. without gym and chorus).</p>
<p>Mathematically, it is possible for a given average on a 100 point scale to come out very, very different if you convert each COURSE to the 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>at my school that would be about a 3.4 or 3.3</p>
<p>a 3.7 at my school</p>
<p>3.7 probably</p>
<p>If an 89.97 qualifies for an A- at your D’s school, then her GPA will be 3.7. If it qualifies for up to a B+, then it will be 3.3 or 3.4.</p>
<p>DeskPotato has it right … to be accurate in the conversion you need to do it grade by grade. At a school with a 90-100 A scale someone with a 90% average could have grades in 5 courses of </p>
<p>1) 90,90,90,90,90 … or A,A,A,A,A … or a 4.0 average</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>2) 98,88,88,88,88 … or A,B,B,B,B … or a 3.2 average</p>
<p>I’m suprised that so many schools have different ranges for a B.</p>
<p>if for a B you can get a 3.7
my A which is a 3.5 will look horrible lolz.</p>
<p>but 3togo is correct, you must calculate the GPA that way.</p>
<p>Interesting to see everyone’s response and how different they are. I have sent an e-mail to the National Hispanic Recognition Program, but have not gotten a response yet. The program is run through College Board, so it is interesting to see what they will say.</p>
<p>In calculating her grades per 3togo’s and Black Rose’s suggestion, her 89.97 average would come out to a 3.56 gpa.</p>
<p>However, others have said the calculation would range from 3.4 up to 3.7.</p>
<p>Of course, I am concerned that my D’s school is on the low end of things. ugh. Another topic to bring up to guidance and administration.</p>
<p>A little less than a 3.7.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that’s a 3.49</p>
<p>There’s a conversion chart from I forgot where that goes like this
2.5-80
3.0- 85
3.5-90
4.0-95-100</p>
<p>You get the point</p>
<p>How are you guys doing your converting?</p>
<p>I used to hear that you multiply your GPA by 4 and divide by a 100 but I don’t think that’s right because that would then mean an 85 GPA is a 3.4</p>
<p>Okay I was pretty much right this is from college board
A+ (97-100) = 4.0
A (93-96) = 4.0
A- (90-92) = 3.7</p>
<p>B+ (87-89) = 3.3
B (83-86) = 3.0
B- (80-82) = 2.7</p>
<p>C+ (77-79) = 2.3
C (73-76) = 2.0
C- (70-72) = 1.7</p>
<p>D+ (67-69) = 1.3
D (65-66) = 1.0
E/F (below 65) = 0.0</p>
<p>To accurately do it and convert</p>
<p>first you divide the 89.97 by 100</p>
<p>= .8997</p>
<p>Then multiply by 4</p>
<p>Which then equals 3.5988 rounded to about 3.6</p>
<p>That can’t be right because that would mean a 75 average would be a 3.0</p>
<p><a href=“http://faculty.cascadia.edu/dwhittaker/percent2gpa.htm[/url]”>http://faculty.cascadia.edu/dwhittaker/percent2gpa.htm</a></p>
<p>So I did get a response from NHRP. They were vague and basically said that the guidance counselor is expected to do the conversion. I believe my D will have a bit over a 90 average per her latest grade. Even using the lowest conversion scale, a 90.06 would be seen as at least a 3.5. (A 3.5 qualifies her for “scholar”) I was concerned that she may have missed a 3.5 depending on the conversion used when I had calculated her GPA to be an 89.97.</p>
<p>The only thing that the person from NHRP added was that “generally speaking a 3.0 = B, 3.5 = B+ and a 4.0 = A.”</p>
<p>So obviously the way each high school computes their grades and presents them are quite different across the board. Clearly some students end up at an advantage and others not. When our high school sends out their grades on the 100 point scale, we have no idea how each individual college will convert the grades (since most work on a 4.0 scale).</p>
<p>Great, another thing to worry about!</p>