<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I go to a yearly school in Ontario. Last year, our Guidance Dept. gave students GPA’s based upon the scale that an 80+ on a 100-point scale is an A (4.0 unweighted). As long as all your courses are over 80, you get a 4.0 UW. We also don’t officially rank this year; last year, however, you could request that guidance put your rank on your application. However this year, they’ve decided not to rank at all. Also, they’ve decided that they would NOT do GPA conversions, unlike they’ve done in previous years (last year’s counsellor for American universities retired). Should I request that GPA be calculated, so that American universities are more easily able to understand my academic achievements, or should I not? btw, we will be sending in a school profile, which will most likely document Ontario’s official reporting system (80-100 A, 70-79 B, 60-68 C, 50-59 D, <50 F). Yes, I know some of you guys are going to complain about an 80 being a 4.0, but please try and answer my questions.</p>
<p>Also, some of our counsellors claim that a 5/370 is bad. I disagree with that. What about you?</p>
<p>Hey there! I know exactly how you feel. I go to boarding school in Quebec and same here, my grades are written in 0-100% scale. In Quebec, average above 90% is an automatic 4.0 GPA unweighted. 85-89 is considered 3.9 GPA. </p>
<p>However, in Ontario, students are graded much more leniently than the ones in Quebec, so I guess that the conversion chart you have above is wrong. (I think you should ask your counsellor again for the specific GPA conversion chart) Perhaps 95-100 is considered 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>No worries, because you won’t have to convert your grades since it’d be your school’s responsibility to convert your grade automatically.</p>
<p>Really, a transcript and a school profile explaining the grading system is enough. Selective colleges will most likely do their own conversions anyway.</p>
<p>And 5/370 is far from bad; top 2% in fact. But do realize that your school’s administration will not go through and rank the entire class in order to put a rank on your transcript.</p>
<p>Okay, 5/370 is AMAZING. Anyone who says it is bad is crazy.</p>
<p>5/370 is amazing. Indeed, most ivy league applicants are in top 5%.</p>