two questions! GPA conversion and awards

karenoona
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:14:21 +0000

ok, so i’m a US citizen abroad. grades here are given only on a percentage scale (“95%”). is it ok to state my gpa on the app in that format instead of the problematic conversion to the 4.0 scale?

also, in this country award-granting academic competitions are honestly uncommon. would the yale admission commitee take something like this into consideration? i’m asking because although i have some minor artistic awards, i know most yale applicants have at least some academic awards (or even something like national merit scholar(?))

thanks!

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