S25 must self-report first marking period grades to two EA schools and one RD (McGill). Since the schools do not specify their preference, we are unsure if they should report their unweighted or weighted (3 AP classes senior year). TIA!
I’d saw UW. Most schools take that and run it thru their own weighting calculator.
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What GPA gets reported on his transcript? I would do that. If both are on his transcript, why not send both?
I don’t think this is true. Some schools recalculate an unweighted core only, some do weighted (like UF, U So Carolina), some use SRAR to calculate the way they want, some use Common app courses and grades. I expect most schools don’t recalculate at all, but I haven’t seen data on the practices of the close to 3K four year colleges.
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It’s not GPA. Each class needs to be listed and the single progress grade for each class for the end of the marking period.
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Sorry, when they show courses on his transcript, what grade do they show, weighted or unweighted or both? I would match what the transcript shows. In the end, I don’t think this matters…he could also reach out to his AO or general admissions and ask.
I just meant he should have his college counselor submit his grade for each individual class. It seems like weighted high school grades are really skewed (due to all different weighting scales). Most colleges now have their own algorithm so that they are comparing apples to apples. Raw data is something they can use and translate into a more accurate picture across applicant pools.
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They could certainly have a SRAR application that differs but those I’m familiar with had fields for class (English, Algebra, etc), Level (Standard, Honors, AP, etc) and grade. I would put in the unweighted grade and let them adjust it based on whatever you put in for what level the course is.
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