Weighted and Unweighted

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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.

Do non-selective colleges look at rigor?

Yes, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Unweighted and uninflated are the only authentic GPAs.

But rigor matters. Not all 4.0s are the same

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Anonymous wrote:Unweighted and uninflated are the only authentic GPAs.

But rigor matters. Not all 4.0s are the same

Selective colleges recalculate unweighted gpas using their own weighting formula