Selective Colleges Admitting Students with Below 3.75 GPA

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<p>I just finished my first quarter and my HS uses the following method to derive my GPA:</p>

<p>Description of Levels:
Level 1 – General
Level 2 – College Prep
Level 3 – Honors
Level 4 – Advanced Placement</p>

<p>Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
100 3.60 4.00 4.40 4.80
100 3.60 4.00 4.40 4.80
99 3.52 3.92 4.32 4.72
98 3.44 3.84 4.24 4.64
97 3.36 3.76 4.16 4.56
96 3.28 3.68 4.08 4.48
95 3.20 3.60 4.00 4.40
94 3.12 3.52 3.92 4.32
93 3.04 3.44 3.84 4.24
92 2.96 3.36 3.76 4.16
91 2.88 3.28 3.68 4.08
90 2.80 3.20 3.60 4.00</p>

<p>Is this how most HS school do it?</p>

<p>I always thought I would get a letter grade for my classes. For example: an A is 93-100 and if I get an A, my GPA value would be 4.0. However, at my HS, I get an actual number grade for each class, then my GPA is figured according to the above formula.</p>

<p>I was wondering how most HS figure their students GPAs. How does your HS di it?</p>

<p>btw, my GPA was 3.96 according to the above chart. If not weighted for Honors courses, it would be 3.76</p>

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<p>OMG-I have had children attend 6 different high schools in 4 different states but I have never heard of such an elaborate grading methodology! I would not say it was like all do it or even typical. I would say it illustrates why colleges need to apply their own scale and run recalculations in order to standardize interpretations.</p>

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<p>In addition to the simple differences in weighting grades (an A in an AP course in one school might be valued as 4.0 plus 1 value added bonus point while in another school, an A in the same AP course is valued at 4.0 plus .5), schools have differing grading SCALES, such that a 92 at one school is an A while an A at another school is a B (depending on if school has a ten point or 9 or 8 or 7 point grading scale). </p>

<p>A student with an A in an AP course at a school with a ten point grading scale (90-100 = A) and a 1.0 bonus value for AP, could get a 5.0 for a 90 in the course while a student who gets a 90 in a school that uses a 7 point grading scale (93-100 is an A, 85-92=B, etc)) and only gives a .5 bonus value for AP, would end up with a 3.5 for the exact same AP course.</p>

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<p>I have a 3.8 unweighted…but I am barely in the top 15% at my super competitive public high school…I know people who have gps significantly lower than mine and are in the top 5% at their school…does anyone know how Ivy’s view class rank? I would hope they look at gpa more -___-</p>

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<p>Wait… a 3.75 GPA in what kind of school? Keep in mind that comparing a 3.75 with the most heavy course-load from a highly rigorous and competitive STEM magnet school and a 3.75 from a weak course-load at a public high school with severe grade inflation would be comparing apples to oranges. This gets even messier if you mean weighted GPA.</p>