<p>1) Add grade points for each course taken (A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, etc.) and divide by the total number of courses.</p>
<p>2) Add the % scores of all courses taken and divide by the total number of courses.</p>
<p>Which method is usually used?</p>
<p>Our HS uses 5 core academic courses (English, Math, Science, Language & History/SS). Some kids have two eligible courses in an academic area and are allowed to select, prior to the term, which they’d like to be used for ranking purposes.
Each course also has a weight based on the level: CP, Honors, AP
It would look something like this:
English: 3.0 x 1 weight = 3
Math: 3.0 x 1.25 weight = 3.75
Science: 3.0 x 1.25 = 3.75
Language: 3.0 x 1 = 3
History: 3.0 x 1.25 = 3.75 Weighted GPA = 3.45</p>
<p>Every school is different.</p>
<p>My school ranks based on weighted GPA on a 6.0 scale.</p>
<p>93-100 A 4.0
85-92 B 3.0
etc.</p>
<p>+1 (on 4.0 scale) for honors/IBMYP
+2 (on 4.0 scale) for AP/IB</p>
<p>What you will find is that there is no usual way. Schools have lots of different ways of doing it. You will get 50 different responses to this thread and they will all be different.</p>
<p>My S2 is a 3.981 GPA on a 4.0 unweighted scale. He will miss the top 10% cutoff which may hurt him at top schools. In his case, I wish they didn’t rank.</p>