very important GPA question

cherie136
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:18:49 +0000

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No, a 4.0 is an A and, depending on the grading scale the school uses, a 4.0 may be 90% and up or 95% and up. Personally, my school uses the % system and I find it way better than a letter system, because it’s much more precise in evaluating your profiency in a subject. I plan on just write down my average % on my college applications… It would be really unfair to a student who has a 99% average to have a GPA of 3.9 when others get away with a 92%= 4.0 GPA because it’s an A average.

As I said in an earlier post, % grades aren’t linearly proportional to a 4.0 scale. That’s why some people have 4.0 UW GPAs but have a 93-92% average in reality. It all depends on what you school defines as an A.