<p>We have raised multiple GPA points in this discussion; I don’t see one “the actual point here.”</p>
<p>One point was about colleges using the high-school-reported GPA; we seem to agree that some do and some don’t, but disagree about the majority. Resolving would be tedious.</p>
<p>We agree that the UCs calculate the official GPA! :)</p>
<p>We seem to disagree about colleges counting and reporting an AP “A” as five points. I think doing so better identifies stand-out students, colleges should calculate GPA this way, and the CDS should report it this way. We know that some colleges do so; I think they all should, to better standardize the CDS report. I don’t think that AP 5.0 should be changed to 4.0, nor should A+ 4.33 be changed to 4.0, but that’s just one opinion.</p>