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Answer: A weighted GPA is based on the simple idea that some high school classes are much harder than others, and these hard classes should carry more weight. In other words, an 'A' in AP Calculus represents a much greater accomplishment than an 'A' in remedial algebra.

In an effort to acknowledge the effort that goes into challenging courses, many high schools weight the grades for AP, honors and accelerated courses. The weighting isn't always the same from school to school, but a typical model on a 4-point grade scale might look like this:

AP, Honors, Advanced Courses: 'A' (5 points); 'B' (4 points); 'C' (3 points); 'D' (1 point); 'F' (0 points)

Regular Courses: 'A' (4 points); 'B' (3 points); 'C' (2 points); 'D'(1 point); 'F' (0 points)

Thus, a student who got straight 'A's and took nothing but AP classes could have a 5.0 GPA on a 4-point scale. High schools will often use these weighted GPAs for determining class rank -- they don't want students to rank high just because they took easy classes.

Colleges, however, usually aren't going to use these artificially inflated grades. Yes, they want to see that a student has taken challenging courses, but they need to compare all applicants using the same 4-point grade scale. Most high schools that use weighted GPAs will also include unweighted grades on a student's transcript, and colleges will usually use the unweighted number.

The GPA confusion doesn't stop here. Colleges also want to make sure that a student's GPA reflects grades in core academic courses, not a bunch of padding. Thus, a lot of colleges will calculate a GPA that is different from a student's weighted or unweighted GPA. Many colleges will look just at English, Math, Social Studies, Foreign Language and Science grades. Grades in gym, wood working, cooking, music, health, theatre and other areas will not be given nearly as much consideration in the admissions process.
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sheila022 said:
I'm 20 years old and I want to be 5 years old again!! xD xD xD :giggle: :giggle:
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Goddamn, I want to be 20 again and get away with it. I try to get away with acting 20 at 38 years odl and I get looked down. Sad, isnt it.


It felt like yesterday when I was 20 so ENJOY your 20s AS MUCH AS YOU CAN cuz time flies FUCKING fast.
 
sheila022 said:
Yes, I do. In high school, I had weighted GPA, but in college, we're on 5.0 scale for some reason.
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Semesters use a 5 point scale. Quarters use a 4. At some schools. But for admission or transcript purposes it is all converted to 4 point.

Matajan was talking about his college GPA. If he has already been accepted to so many schools, as he claims, his high school GPA doesn't matter.
 
matajan said:
english - 5

biology - 5

psychology - 4

government - 5

french - 4
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Really? Prove it. Scan in your scores you get in mail or put up a screen shot from your collegeboard account online and post here.

Parlez vous francais?
 
Jiro said:
you can't know. it is a secret. only I know cuz I work at admission office.
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Jiro,

it is really strange...my unweighted gpa is 3.6 then weighted gpa is 4.0...how's the heck like that? what does college had do with weighted gpa?

it seems like 5.0 scale but my school always had 4.0 scale if not taken AP.
 
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