<p>the avg gpa of a Scripps admit is a 4.0. Is that unweighted or weighted? D just got her first sem grades and she earned a 4.14 weighted but her uw is more like a 3.85…In all the most difficult classes offered at our HS. Which GPA would they look at?</p>
<p>They would look at both GPAs and likely calculate their own GPA using certain courses they expect of every applicant so that they can compare apples to apples.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that is weighted GPA, but they don’t count the non-academic classes (no PE, yearbook, school newpaper, etc and maybe no music or art classes?).
Not sure if it says that anywhere on their web sire but I’ll look.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it’s weighted because when I saw some statistic that said something like 75 % of all students have a gpa of 3.7 of above, I got scared so I called and I was told it was weighted.</p>
<p>I also assume that it’s weighted, but I don’t know how (it seems that every school has its own policy). </p>
<p>If you’d like a more definite answer, I’d either call the admissions office and simply ask how they recalculate GPA’s, or use the “Ask an admissions counselor…” feature on the bottom of this page: <a href=“http://www.scrippscollege.edu/admission/index.php[/url]”>http://www.scrippscollege.edu/admission/index.php</a> (the link isn’t actually working for me, but I’m pretty sure my computer is just being temperamental).</p>
<p>Just a tip based on experience: once you know whether the school uses weighted or unweighted, then unless anything is of real concern, I find that it can be nice not to know exact formulas and numbers…it can drive the anxious student into an unnecessary frenzy of recalculation ;)</p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter…she’s obviously doing quite well!</p>
<p>Hey…I followed your advice and Lyndsy (sp) got back to me almost immediately with wonderful news! …The fact that Scripps seems to be within her reach is the highlight of my day. She loves it! Scripps has been her number one since her sister brought home a brochure from a college fair two years ago. There is a school with a program which would allow her to raise a service dog from a puppy…Scripps trumps the puppy factor which, if you knew my D, is HUGE! Thanks so much for the advice Student615 you are truely a great resource and, if even 1/3 of the women of the women at Scripps have part of your compassion, friendliness, and eloquence it will be an honor to have my daughter go to school with you. Seriously…thanks so much!</p>
<p>The puppy comment actually made me laugh aloud! No equivalent at Scripps, though if your daughter hangs around in the Humanities building, one professor has a fantastic golden retriever who ‘comes to work’ pretty often…it’s not the same, but it’s still something to pet ;)</p>
<p>I’m so glad that you got a quick + positive response. Good luck to your daughter, and thanks for your kind words!</p>
<p>(PS. “If even 1/3 of the women at Scripps…” – they do! That’s a big part of what sold me in the first place!)</p>
<p>Scripps uses their own weighting system. However, is the comment about only using academic classes still true? I go to an arts magnet school and almost half of all of my grades are “non-academic”, i.e. music, dance, theatre, etc. I have a 3.8 unweighted cumulative GPA, but the only class I’ve recieved Bs in was Spanish (long story, haha). Without my arts classes, my GPA would lower a bit (not a lot, but still a bit), and I would also have a lower number of classes than most people. Hmmm… can anyone confirm this for this application year?</p>
<p>Scripps uses their own weighting system. However, is the comment about only using academic classes still true? I go to an arts magnet school and almost half of all of my grades are “non-academic”, i.e. music, dance, theatre, etc. I have a 3.8 unweighted cumulative GPA, but the only class I’ve recieved Bs in was Spanish (long story, haha). Without my arts classes, my GPA would lower a bit (not a lot, but still a bit), and I would also have a lower number of classes than most people. Hmmm… can anyone confirm this for this application year?</p>
<p>Try using the “Ask an admission counselor…” feature towards the bottom left:</p>
<p>[Scripps</a> College : Admission](<a href=“http://www.scrippscollege.edu/admission/index.php]Scripps”>Admission & Aid | Scripps College in Claremont, California)</p>
<p>It sounds like you’ll have some special circumstances, so it’s best to go straight to the source. I imagine that if it is true that only academic courses are used, you’ll still be viewed within the context of your school. As long as you’ve taken reasonable amounts of core classes, you shouldn’t be punished.</p>
<p>I do know at least two current Claremont students (one Scripps) who came from performing arts high schools, so it’s been dealt with before :)</p>
<p>im in the same boat, cobbler. my highschool is a performing arts school as well so about half my classes are performing arts or something of the sort.
but its good to hear that it shouldn’t make too much of a difference because when your school offers stuff like a steel drum band… you’ve got to take advantage of it lol</p>