Calculating the GPA (again!)

sly_vt
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:55:34 +0000

I’m with Calmom on this one – I don’t think calculating GPA is worth all this brain power. What’s important is how your school calculates GPA, and how your kid does relative to other kids if that is available. There are schools that do GPA out of 5 and 7 and 9 and schools that give a numeric average out of 100. There just is not a standardized national GPA.

For schools that do a holistic admissions review, like the Ivies and most LACs, knowing your kid’s precise GPA isn’t going to help you figure out his/her “chances.” Too much else goes into the consideration.