What's a good GPA?

MomOFour
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:31:50 +0000

I’m curious if most schools calculate GPA’s in that fashion. Does any A=4.0? At my daughter’s school, only a 100% average earns a 4.0 for the class. GPA slides down from there, point for point depending on the numerical average in the class. There are no letter grades and no grade inflation as the highest average in a class is usually 94-95 or so, with about five or six kids in each class earning averages over 90. Honors/AP classes are weighted up by a full point.

I would think if any A=4.0, you’d end up with a lot of kids tied with perfect 4.0’s. At my daughter’s school, graduating with an UW 3.8 would be stellar and better than someone from another school graduating with a 4.0 who had 91% in every class.

I’ve read that GPA’s are refigured by adcoms but I’ve very curious how this works and if our system is very unusual. benjones??