Weighted and Unweighted

[Anonymous]

How come parents frequently only list the weighted GPA? At some point the UW GPA becomes relevant. Looking at Naviance for our school, there is difference between a 3.8 and a 3.96 UW. A huge difference.

[Anonymous]

UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

[Anonymous]

Our FCPS public only reports weighted. We are not even completely sure what DDs unweighted GPA is. One school came up with 3.62 another with 3.78. Go figure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

Not all colleges use the same method.
That said, they usually compare students from the same high school first which is where WGPA is relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS public only reports weighted. We are not even completely sure what DDs unweighted GPA is. One school came up with 3.62 another with 3.78. Go figure.

It's not that hard to figure out.

[Anonymous]

I only mention UW on here. You can't compare FCPS, APS & MoCo b/c they are so different. Our different HS's can't even be compared b/c the weighting is based upon availability of classes for each grade.

[Anonymous]

All the colleges my two seniors have applied to have only been interested in UW GPA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

The weighted GPA can also give you an idea of rigor. It shows how many AP and honors classes you have taken. A 3.98 UW can be a kid with 2 advanced classes or a kid with 10 advanced classes. Which do you think colleges will find more impressive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS public only reports weighted. We are not even completely sure what DDs unweighted GPA is. One school came up with 3.62 another with 3.78. Go figure.

Wow that's crazy. They really set up the kids to view their grades with rose colored glasses if they aren't even aware of their GPA without the extra weighted bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

The weighted GPA can also give you an idea of rigor. It shows how many AP and honors classes you have taken. A 3.98 UW can be a kid with 2 advanced classes or a kid with 10 advanced classes. Which do you think colleges will find more impressive?

Weighted GPA means nothing if you don't say the school. A 4.5 from FCPS is way higher than a 4.5 from MCPS which is way higher than a 4.5 from districts in Texas where some grades are weighted to 6.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

The weighted GPA can also give you an idea of rigor. It shows how many AP and honors classes you have taken. A 3.98 UW can be a kid with 2 advanced classes or a kid with 10 advanced classes. Which do you think colleges will find more impressive?

Weighted GPA means nothing if you don't say the school. A 4.5 from FCPS is way higher than a 4.5 from MCPS which is way higher than a 4.5 from districts in Texas where some grades are weighted to 6.0.

Which is why most selective colleges don't use weighted gpa and look at rigor separate from performance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UW is most important for colleges. They assess rigor independently and give a score for that.

The weighted GPA can also give you an idea of rigor. It shows how many AP and honors classes you have taken. A 3.98 UW can be a kid with 2 advanced classes or a kid with 10 advanced classes. Which do you think colleges will find more impressive?

Weighted GPA means nothing if you don't say the school. A 4.5 from FCPS is way higher than a 4.5 from MCPS which is way higher than a 4.5 from districts in Texas where some grades are weighted to 6.0.

Which is why most selective colleges don't use weighted gpa and look at rigor separate from performance

You mean they weight the GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS public only reports weighted. We are not even completely sure what DDs unweighted GPA is. One school came up with 3.62 another with 3.78. Go figure.

Wow that's crazy. They really set up the kids to view their grades with rose colored glasses if they aren't even aware of their GPA without the extra weighted bonus.

Kids know their own grades and the max wgpa at their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS public only reports weighted. We are not even completely sure what DDs unweighted GPA is. One school came up with 3.62 another with 3.78. Go figure.

It's not that hard to figure out.
A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1

[Anonymous]

Weighted does tell you more when looking at the same school/district. I was surprised that a MoCo student I know with a 4.0 UW had only a 4.63 W, whereas my kid who has a 3.95 UW has a 4.83 W. Clear signal that the rigor is different, which I had not realized.