Swanson School of Engineering

shortnuke
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:26:30 +0000

@retiredfarmer Is there documentation from the CDS regarding the “standardized” CDS system-particularly with respect to weighing GPAs? The form itself specifies a 4.0 scale, which to me means that the highest a school should submit is 4.0 (i.e. unweighted). Most schools seem to ignore this and provide a weighted score. Lack of a common method to weigh honors, AP, IB, DE, and other courses makes comparing GPAs from different university CDS reports relatively meaningless, as does comparing a WGPA calculated from the HS to the GPAs reported by the universities.