quote:Originally posted by CPLZ:
3.5 unweighted GPA is a GPA based on a 4 point scale without adding or subtracting weight to it from AP, Honors, or other weighting systems.
ok, pretty much all high schools have honors/AP classes that a ton of students take. So to clarify, help me with this:
On a 4.0 scale: (this would be pretty typical scale)
A+ = 4.00
A = 3.66
A- = 3.33
B+ = 3.0 and so on......
so if someone is taking an honors course and receives a B+ (which on the honors scale is the same as an A- 3.33).....then what you are saying on the unweighted scale is that it would be a 3.00 instead of a 3.33?? I don't think that would make much sense. Weighted classes award the student for taking a harder course and you're saying the unweighted GPA takes that back away from the student. I'm sure I am misinterpreting this somewhere. Please clarify because High Schools only have one GPA for the student I believe, they don't have two (one for weighted and one for unweieghted)....or do they?