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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Avg. WGPA - 4.43"

I suspect this WGPA is the highest possible score Clemson can report and is kind of cherry picked.

I doubt Clemson early action admits, who don't have the benefit of more AP/IB classes as seniors, manage this WGPA with only an 1310 ave SAT.[/quote]

Not to highjack, but I am so confused by some of the weighted "average" GPAs I see reported by schools.  Even as a weighted GPA, how is it possible that 4.43 is the middle point at Clemson?  For every 4.0, there is a 4.86?   To end up with a 4.43 at the end of high school, how many APs would a student have to take (with straight As)?  [/quote]

Some school systems use a 5.0 scale and others even use a 6.0 scale. Since there is no standardization of the common data set, colleges can calculate and report however they want. [/quote]

I watched a roundtable discussion for Amherst on Youtube - to show a vague snippet of how kids are randomly picked and so many smart kids get looked over.  Anyway, one of the kids kids had a 6.5 GPA.  I don't even understand it.  I mean this is getting completely out of control. I know MCPS does it's inflation to be competitive but I just wish all schools would be on 100 point scale with a 5 point bump for honors and/or AP.  It would take away the pressure of a 89.4 being a B and an 89.5 being an A.  [/quote]

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