I tried searching and may have missed it - for UW and Weighted GPA, in general, it is assumed that only core classes are being used? How are people then calculating the weighted GPA?
The weighted and unweighted GPA on our districts transcript is for all classes taken and I am not even sure how they are calculating the weighted GPA. I would like to learn though for better accuracy when I post in the future on CC. Thank you for any insight.
Then ask them.
You should make no such assumption. But in general, all courses are included.
They should be taking it right if the transcript, and not calculating on their own, unless the college says otherwise.
For UW GPA, people generally calculate GPA factoring all graded classes (usually using what the school calculates). If the GPA scale is out of something greater than 4.0 (scale with A+'s), they may indicate that by posting say 4.1/4.3. If it is a 100 point scale, the designation will be something like 93/100. For weighted, most people just use their school’s calculated WGPA. Apples to oranges comparisons are inevitable.
I didn’t think it matters since many colleges recalculate. But will do thanks.
Well, then that’s a different question. And one that’s usually unanswerable.
How a college recalculates GPA, or if they do, varies. And very few are transparent about the rubric
Appreciate the replies and will use the HS reported weighted if posting on the Chance Me forum. Thank you!
This is usually the least useful GPA, especially if the weighting method is not given, since your high school’s weighting likely differs from other high schools and colleges of interest.
For the Chance Me / Match Me discussion, I’d suggest that if the school transcript has a reported UW GPA, to just use that. If they only report weighted, then you’ll have to do the calculation yourself.
Typically, unless you have very different grades between core and non-core subjects, then it wont matter if you do this with all or just core. If you do have very different grades between them, then you may want to show both GPAs so that folks can evaluate more clearly. I found with my daughter that the difference between the two GPAs is extremely small.
Agree here, especially if the number of non-core/academic courses (typically stuff like health and PE for college-prep students) is small.
Honestly, when looking at a Chance Me/Match Me, I tend to just ignored weighted. I look at unweighted, but even then I really want to know how that compares in their HS, so I look at whatever they say about rank.
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