<p>My D has an unweighted numerical GPA of 91.26/100 and a weighted numerical GPA of 94.51/100 through mid year junior year. Is there a definitive answer as to what this converts to on a 4.0 scale for admissions purposes. I have heard numbers all over the place, for example, 94.51/100 times 4 =3.78 yet when I do the 10 point scale (A=90-100,B=80-90) etc, the gpa comes out much higher (ie. 3.98). What is the best approximation on a 4 point scale for admissions for 91.26/100 and 94.51/100. I do not want to undersell my D. Thanks.</p>
<p>look at her report card and determine how many of each of these she has.</p>
<p>93-100 A 4
90- 92 A- 3.67
87- 89 B+ 3.33
83 - 86 B 3
80- 82 B- 2.67</p>
<p>how ever many “A”'s she has ----- multiply by 4
how ever many “A-”'s she has ------- multiply by 3.67
Do this for all of her grades and then divide by the total number of grades. The number that you get is her GPA. This is the “widely accepted” method.</p>
<p>It is not possible to directly convert a 91…/100 into a 4-scale GPA for a variety of reasons that take a good amount of explaining. Therefore, you must follow the procedure outlined above.</p>
<p>Using a seven pont scale as you suggest, that puts her unweighted 91.26 at a 3.53 and her weighted 94.51 at a 3.84. Does that sound about right? I notice on a straight conversion from your scale, her 91.26 would work out to be a 3.67 but actually comes out lower when done by individual grades. Is that normal? Also, these numbers go up if you use a ten point scale. Is that not an accepted method (ie. 90-100 =A)?</p>
<p>I have like a 95.3% overall and it converted into a 3.65…?</p>
<p>(All of this is based on the schools I have asked, and all agree. California is different and has their own formula , and I believe Michigan may be.) </p>
<p>Nope, folks . This ain’t that hard and y’all are killing yourselves. LOL. Don’t you ever wonder how all these kids have 3.5 and above? LOL. What the college wants to know is YOUR gpa by individual course. If your school has an A is 93 to 100, Add up the number of A’s in academic courses and multiply by 4. If it’s 90-100 , do the same. 94-100? Do the same. Forget pluses and minuses . Forget weighting at this point. Don’t adjust your A,B,C scale. The college won’t. (At least none I have found.) Whatever your school says an A is , that’s what it is. No college will call a B that which your school calls an A. </p>
<p>So for example. If the school is numerical , find your chart in the handbook. 90-100 A, 80-90 B, 70-80 C. Then convert each course grade to a letter grade. Then mutiply that by the number of credits for that couse , then that by 4 for A, 3 for B, etc. That is your number of grade points for that course. </p>
<p>So if a student has 6 academic courses for one year, one credit per course with 4 A’s and two B’s. 4x4=16 and 2x3=6. 16+6 =22. 22 divided by 6 =3.666666666. </p>
<p>The cumulative numerical average (not really GPA) means nothing to GPA. A GPA is the average grade points earned per class on a 4.0 scale. A kid could have half 81’s and half 91’s and it is still a 3.5 . Half A’s and half B’s. An A is an A is an A.</p>
<p>P.S. This is also the way my UG schools and my Law School did it . Back in Pre-historic times.</p>
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this gets to long explanation mentioned earlier … it depends on how consistent the grades are. If some has a 93 average built on grades of 93, 93, 93, and 93 then (using the scale in #2) they would have a 4.00 GPA. It they had a 93 average built on grades of 97, 97, 89, 89 then they would have a ~3.6 GPA. That’s one example of why course by course grades are needed.</p>