what's a 3.8 at your high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A is 80-100
B is 70-79
C is 60-69
D is 50-59
F is everything below

Of course this is a little north of DC.

What sort of wizardry is going on here? Why isn’t an A 90-100? Crazy.

That’s how grades are calculated in Canada.

Canadians are posting on DCUM now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A is 80-100
B is 70-79
C is 60-69
D is 50-59
F is everything below

Of course this is a little north of DC.

What sort of wizardry is going on here? Why isn’t an A 90-100? Crazy.

That’s how grades are calculated in Canada.

No wonder they’re all so happy there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A is 80-100
B is 70-79
C is 60-69
D is 50-59
F is everything below

Of course this is a little north of DC.

What sort of wizardry is going on here? Why isn’t an A 90-100? Crazy.

That’s how grades are calculated in Canada.

No wonder they’re all so happy there.

Love this!

[Anonymous]

3.8 is a 4:1 ratio of As to Bs. No fractional grades in one class here.

[Anonymous]

Exhibit Q why GPA is stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's meaningless to convert 3.8. All that matters is rigor of the courses, and ranking in your school.

This. AO's consider your gpa in the context of the high school. They have their version of naviance and track students who have applied from recent yrs from your high school(unless it is unknown and small) and they get info from the high school (profile and descriptors in the counselor letter) that make it easy for them to know quartile if not decile of rank.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A is 80-100
B is 70-79
C is 60-69
D is 50-59
F is everything below

Of course this is a little north of DC.

What sort of wizardry is going on here? Why isn’t an A 90-100? Crazy.

That’s how grades are calculated in Canada.

Canadians are posting on DCUM now?

apparently more than one...DP...I learned of this site from a buddy whose kid goes to an ivy and the parents talk about dcum. got me curious as my kid applies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 3.8 is the equivalent of an A- at my kid’s school.
The numerical scale is irrelevant

Okay, what's an A-?

Because at our school you can get a 95 and that's a 3.8. And it's not an A- to most people

A GPA is meant to calculate your transcript grades. Not the grades on your assignments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A is 80-100
B is 70-79
C is 60-69
D is 50-59
F is everything below

Of course this is a little north of DC.

What sort of wizardry is going on here? Why isn’t an A 90-100? Crazy.

That’s how grades are calculated in Canada.

Canadians are posting on DCUM now?

DP. I'm local. My kid is applying to Waterloo and McGill. I've been trying to figure out where she fits based on her GPA and grades. This thread is helpful.