Letter grade vs. Numerical grade

niceday
Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:10:01 +0000

Colleges have access to all the numbers on your transcript. The way they are viewed and interpreted varies from school to school. As examples, some recalculate your GPA on their own scale, and some look at your individual grades in the context of your school. Others interpret your grades and the rigor of your courses and then assign you a rank for your academic ability on their own scale (1-5 for example). Many will take notice if a lot of your grades are low Bs as opposed to high Bs.