Colleges that recalculate high school GPAs as: "all forms of A are an A... all forms of B are a B..."?

[Anonymous]

I know Michigan recalculates GPA like this (they view all forms of an A (A+, A, A-) as an A.
All forms of of B (B+, B, B-) as a B...etc.

Are there other schools that you know that do this?

[Anonymous]

All of them?

[Anonymous]

I thought some highly selective schools don't recalculate at all? Plus, not sure it matters if you are being considered within the context of your class and school. They should have the school profile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of them?

All of them don't re-calculate. Some like Michigan do (which puts them inline with school districts that do this---e.g. MCPS which does not give plus or minus grades).
The U of C schools do this same thing (view all forms of A as an A). (UCLA, Berkeley, etc).

Anyone know of others that re-calculate?

[Anonymous]

Benefits kids with a lot of A- but screws kids with a few B+

[Anonymous]

Most schools don’t differentiate between the + and - on a grade. Our high school doesn’t even do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of them?

+2 This is the norm, OP.

[Anonymous]

Why would they do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Benefits kids with a lot of A- but screws kids with a few B+

Screws kids with high 90s, too. There should be a distinction between a 99 and a 90.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Benefits kids with a lot of A- but screws kids with a few B+

Screws kids with high 90s, too. There should be a distinction between a 99 and a 90.

Many high schools don’t give A+s. 94-100 is an A. 90-93 is an A-.

[Anonymous]

My kid's HS does A (92.5 and above is 4.0) and A- (3.7) but no A+. You would think most colleges would have some form of recalculation because of varying grade scales, as evidenced already in this thread.

It's probably best to check websites for colleges for this info. Or call admissions office if wording is vague, which it often is.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but I don't understand the point of this thread. Speculation of grade calculation affect where a kid applies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but I don't understand the point of this thread. Speculation of grade calculation affect where a kid applies?

Yes, because my kid has a 3.8 if colleges view A minus grades as different than As and an unweighted 4.0 if all A minus grades are viewed as an A (which they are at a few schools).

It won't change every school he/she applies to but will change a few (on the reach end!)

[Anonymous]

Just get As.

Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would they do this?

To pretend GPAs can be standardized and compared across high schools.