Different high school weighting systems give advantages to students over others

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<p>Schools on an eleven point scale are as follows: Honors (A) - 12/11 |||| AP (A) - 13/11</p>

<p>Schools on a four point scale are as follows: Honors (A) - 5/4 |||| AP (A) - 5/4</p>

<p>It is clear that all weights that are given on a 4 scale are significantly stronger than any weights given on an 11 scale. So, how do colleges put all schools in the same box when comparing schools with different weight systems, and inevitably stronger and lighter weights, when not everyone is the same?</p>

<p>On an 11 scale, a 4.47 GPA (An 11 scale converted to a 4) is absolutely ridiculous. . .but a 4.47 on a 4 scale isn’t that hard to achieve, with respect to what must be done to achieve the same on an 11.</p>

<p>And while we’re on the subject, unlike an 11 scale, 4 scales do not take into consideration A- and B+, B-, etc. A 11 scale has minuses and pluses built into the grade system, once again, another advantage to using a 4 point scale over an 11.</p>

<p>What colleges do about these issues?</p>

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<p>Many have their own systems of weighting. They will take the student’s grades on the transcripts and plug into their own formula.</p>

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<p>Most colleges recalculate GPAs to their own standards.</p>

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<p>OP is funny.</p>

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<p>class rank?</p>

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<p>What does OP stand for? I’m so out of the loop…</p>

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