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    Default 4.0 scale...help!

    On my latest transcript, my GPA is 84.967 or something. WTF is that on the 4.0 scale? HALP.

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    That seems like a FAIL on their behalf.

    But maybe it's a percentage? 84 is a B, which is a 3.0.

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    Oh. Then what's a 3.5?

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    A- I *think*.

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    Mine does that too, my GPA is a 16.75? xDDDDDD

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    Depends how the university does it since each GP value is assigned differently. Where I go, it is a 4.0 scale and an A- is a 80-84. 85+ is an A, the highest mark, ergo a 4.0.


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    Quote Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan View Post
    Depends how the university does it since each GP value is assigned differently. Where I go, it is a 4.0 scale and an A- is a 80-84. 85+ is an A, the highest mark, ergo a 4.0.
    Wow. That is a strange way to state GPA. My high school kept it simple.

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    It's about a 3.4 unweighted.

    Weighted, it depends on your Honors/AP classes. Those would be judged on a 5.0 scale.

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    Gah...you mean I might have to configure this differently for every university I apply to? Why can't we all just have one simple system >.<

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    Usually they want your GPA, which means you be like

    GPA: 4.12 (4.00 unweighted)

    on your resume, or something.

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    Usually the universities figure it out for themselves. Or that is how it was for me, but Canadian universities might be different.


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    Just send them your transcript with the 100-point scale. They'll do the conversion themselves most of the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪ View Post
    Gah...you mean I might have to configure this differently for every university I apply to? Why can't we all just have one simple system >.<
    Because schools like yours use weird systems that aren't on a 4.0 scale.

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    Mine did that too. My grade on my transcript from HS is like:

    99 (93 unweighted)


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    SMU's system is far easier than any of that O_o.

    QPA/credit hours taken = GPA

    Each letter grade is worth a varying degree of 3 QPA. D = 3, C = 6, B = 9, A = 12, and a +/- .9 for +/- grades, C- = 5.1, A+ = 12.9. Each half year course is 3 credit hours, each full year course is 6 credit hours, so if you get all A+ on 6 half year course you get a GPA of 4.3 (12.9*6/18), which is the highest achievable at my university.

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