I know that they do it unweighted for 10-12th grade, do they add GPAs or take the avg of them or what? Any college that want you to recalculate it (like UC’s) will tell you. 70-79: 2.0 It is not recommended to revive threads that are 9 years old.

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If your school doesn't rank, then it doesn't rank. So does that mean that if you have an A- average, you have a 3.7 GPA? I think that would hurt ur chances, otherwise you're prob fine.

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i go to a new york city public school where im the only one applying.

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i think you are okay.. thats a HUGE class, and you are well in the top ten percent.

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I'm a junior and hoping to apply to Stanford this fall. Other selective colleges such as Princeton and the UC's … So if I am calculating my unweighted GPA that they will see. "Who cares!

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(Unweighted rank is kinda overrated at my school because so many people who take easy classes always get straight A's)

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Im ranked 39/862? Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. Academic Courses ONLY (as in, no PE) Stanford does not accept the IELTS instead of TOEFL. The UCs, like some other state systems but unlike private schools, have a well-publicized minimum GPA requirement and weighting formula. For undergraduates who graduated before 1986, the GPA is not included on the transcript. My school doesn't do ranking. When a high school has a weighted grading system, Advanced Placement, Honors, and other types of college preparatory classes are given bonus weight when a student's GPA is calculated. 60-69: don't bother applying

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At my school, 86-100 is A. If a college wants to recalculate a GPA, they will do it behind the scenes. Average GPA: 3.96. how does yale recalculate gpa for applicants? No, Stanford will recalculate your GPA and they will not include your freshman grades. To calculate your cumulative average, enter in your current GPA and credit hours from previous quarters, then this quarter's grades and credits. depends school to school, for example Cornell just doesn't recalculate grades and takes whatever the school gives, Michigan recalculates on a scale of A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1 F=0, the UCs and Stanford ignore Freshman year grades and the UCs calculate on their own complex scale in addition. If your school has not converted your GPA for you, enter 0.00 in the GPA fields of the online application. The average GPA at Stanford is 3.96. No. It will not affect the admission process. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. In order to equalize the playing field, each college uses its own weighting system to recalculate students’ GPA. I recently heard that IVY LEAGUE schools weigh an A- as a 3.7, rather than a 4.00. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. 60% Upvoted. "Many colleges will recalculate the GPA to suit their needs (including or omitting non-core classes, weighing/unweighting the GPA so that there's one standardized approach for everyone) while others use the GPA right off of the transcript. 06-06-2017 at 6:40 pm The average GPA at Stanford is 3.96.This makes Stanford Extremely Competitive for GPAs. I think you'll get the 4.0, but if they report percent grades (86 for example) then i'm almost positive you get the 3.0

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what if my weighted rank is MUCH better than my unweighted rank? Just to make sure we're on the right track, let's check the official policies of a range of schools. My GPA was a 3.72 cumulative because I got 3.3/3.4 freshman year, and after that I got 3.8 (all A- and A) which Stanford would consider a 4.0, and then junior year I got a 4.0. Can anyone previous Stanford students/parents or admissions officers clarify how Stanford calculates GPA for undergraduate admission? save hide report. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. Convert your grades to grade points. 80-89: 3.0 The College Board has a useful GPA calculator describing how to convert GPAs to a 4.0 scale. Let's accept another 4.0 instead" GPA Calculator (Stanford University) To calculate Grade Point Average (GPA) enter the weight/credits and the grade for each of the courses you wish to include in the calculation. He said he believes this change is understandable, given the amount of time it took to recalculate GPA. The school ranks #2 in California for highest average GPA. How do you think they'll evaluate my app?

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@savethetrees The average GPA at Stanford is 3.96.This makes Stanford Extremely Competitive for GPAs. best. thanks! Find Stanford University GPA Calculator and GPA; SAT scores; ACT scores and scholarship and financial aid data of current and past students. From the Stanford website: We will focus our evaluation on your coursework and performance in 10th, 11th and 12th grades Regarding your second question, they recalculate GPA by disregarding the +/- from whatever grade you got. We will use a 100 point GPA, if available, and weighted, if available. If i get 86, is that a B for stanford? or does stanford use my school's scale?

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I'm 99.9999999999999% sure it's a B (or 3.0) for stanford.

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If you get an 86% and your transcript says A, they can only use the A (4.0). 3. The grade point average of admitted transfer students varies widely by campus and major. We have to go with the bigger numbers!!!! will it take into account freshman year grades, or no (like stanford)? "

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(is that really what you were thinking it was like?) Any college that want you to recalculate it (like UC's) will tell you. At Stanford, your GPA is recalculated based on the following formula: Grades from 10th and 11th grade only (no freshman grades) Academic courses only (no physical education, typing, band, orchestra) Flat grading where an “A-” becomes an “A” (great if you have an … Average GPA: 3.96. I assume they will look more at your transcript/GPA. With a GPA of 3.96, Stanford requires you to be at the top of your class.You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants. Someone with a 3.9 and many AP, honor, or IB classes is probably more likely to get in than someone with a 4.0 and all regular classes, all other things being equal.

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Yeah.. GPA isn't the only factor they look at.

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"Look, this kid's got a measly 3.4. Here are some quotes about GPA taken from the admissions websites for Harvard, Ithaca College, Stanford, Claremont McKenna College, and the University of Texas at Austin. Some want the weighted GPA; others will use an unweighted GPA but separately assess the rigor of the classes." However, Stanford has a holistic review so everything is looked at with consideration.

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i think this is the scale they use:

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90-100: 4.0 We caution you against a narrow interpretation of this data. Other schools don't rank, also. No, Stanford will recalculate your GPA and that they gained't incorporate your freshman grades. How does Stanford re-calculate high school GPA? Dick Tobin, director of college counseling at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, said admissions offices at many colleges and universities around the country do not recalculate GPAs. For further information about how the internal General University GPA is determined, see How the General University GPA is Determined. The average high school GPA of the admitted freshman class at Stanford University was 4.18 on the 4.0 scale indicating that primarily A students are accepted and ultimately attend. To see how to calculate your UC GPA, follow our instructions below. On the unofficial transcript grade points are assigned to letter grades only. You do not recalculate your GPA; you report the GPA that is listed on your transcript. Stanford University does not calculate a rank in class. I also heard that nonacademic classes don't count, so does that mean that the more academic classes you take, the higher the recalculated GPA will be?

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Grades 10, 11, 12 ONLY When we say any grade awarded before that first bachelor’s degree is included in your GPA recalculation, we mean it. So if I am calculating my unweighted GPA that they will see, would I be equivocating all my As as 4.0, Bs as 3.0 etc? The unweighted GPA is GPA in its purest form: it only considers your grades and not the levels of your classes. Hello, I am a rising junior, and I am very worried about my GPA. We are providing it because we are often asked to evaluate an applicant's chances of admission based on … I’ve seen that they only look at 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, that A+=A-=A…, and that they do it on a 4.0 unweighted scale. Does Yale even recalculate gpa? I know that colleges usually calculate GPAs for us if our school doesn't calculate them, or they re-calculate our GPAs to adhere to their guidelines. Stanford University students can use this calculator to estimate the outcome of this quarter's grades on your overall college average. No, you should not recalculate your GPA onto a 4.0 scale. Reverse Fad Productions. on a 4.0 scale (I believe) - so an average

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so they don't even care about how hard a person's courseload is?

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Course difficulty is still a factor, but it doesn't weigh it into Stanford's GPA. It asks for Class Rank(Exact, Decile, Quintile, Quartile, None) which is considered a more relevant factor than Gpa at most highly selective universities and also for the Gpa, and the Scale of the Gpa(4,5,6,7,10,11,12,100) and the Weighting. REJECT! Grades are not weighted based on Honors/AP/IB GPA Calculator The Ultimate Guide on GPA Weighted GPA provides the highest GPA for students when the university/college does not recalculate and has little to no impact on schools that do recalculate. It’s important to keep things in perspective when assessing your unweighted GPA because colleges will be able to tell whether you earned it in difficult classes or not. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. This recalculation is usually only considered for students earning at least a “C” in these classes. Admission Statistics. 1. This modified GPA, based on the 4.0 scale, may be further recalculated to a HPA (Honor Point Average). For a simple average grade calculation enter the weight of 1 for each entered grade or leave the Weight/Credits fields empty. This additional calculation gives extra weight to students who are taking more challenging classes: AP, honors classes, or college courses. does it count A-s as As? To calculate your cumulative GPA, add together the GPAs for each of the grading periods on your transcript and divide by the number of grading periods. Wow, this may some shed some more light on how I got on. ... Should I compute my GPA to compare to the U.S. 4.0 grading scale? level 1. I’m interested because the 2020 Stanford Application Thread has nearly virtually everyone accepted claim to have a 4.0/4.0 or 3.9/4.0 …but claim they “had 3Bs on their transcript”. "Yeah, but the first kid has been taking all APs since 3rd grade.." Some do, some don't. I've heard that Stanford counts A-, A, and A+ all as As. If your transcript also includes the 86%, then who knows. Sort by. (Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. With a GPA of 3.96, Stanford requires you to be at the top of your class.You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants. The GPA does not appear on the official graduate transcript. They ask for freshman year grades but 'focus' on core academic coursework in 10th, 11th and 12th grades. :D

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hey raven001, does that mean that if i get a B+ it's the same as B-, which is counted as 3.0? The transfer profiles can give you an idea of the level of selectivity at each campus.. How to calculate your UC transfer GPA. In reality, no one (besides Stanford admissions officers) knows. A- = A = A+ How to Recalculate Your GPA for College Admission Many colleges recalculate your GPA (grade point average) using a 4.0 scale, and then add bonus points for AP, IB, AICE, dual enrollment/college and honors classes to arrive at a modified GPA or HPA (honors point average). If a college wants to recalculate a GPA, they will do it behind the scenes. I suspect that they don't actually recalculate GPA and are just looking at the transcript, but your guess is as good as mine. share. Stanford uses the Common Application. A weighted GPA is calculated by awarding additional points to classes that are considered more challenging than the basic curriculum. I have a lot of A-minuses, which are counted as 4.00 in most high schools. If not, we’re happy to consider a 4.0 GPA or similar and/or unweighted GPA. do u think thats good enough?

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Nana767, is anyone who is ranked higher than you applying to Stanford? With a GPA of 3.96, Stanford requires you to be at the top of your class. 2 comments. Applicants require exceptionally good grades to get into Stanford. I hope they care more about weighted rank even if they use unweighted GPA

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i think they value rank more than GPA, cuz a lot of people end up w/ 4.0s, and significantly different ranks. The following statistics give a general picture of the freshman and transfer applicants and admits. At my school, teachers can use whatever scale they want to, as long as they send in a grade report with ABCDF.

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Wow, they actually spend the time to recalculate everyone's GPA?

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How much do they care about ur class rank? The grade points associated with each letter grade are as follows: Letter Grade Grade Points A+ 4.3 A 4.0 A- 3.7 B+ 3.3 B 3.0 B- 2.7 C+ 2.3 C 2.0 C- 1.7 D+ 1.3 D 1.0 D- 0.7 NP 0.0 Prior to Autumn 2014-15, an "L" grade was assigned a temporarily minimum passing GPA of 0.7 until a final grade was You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants. ranks tells them how you performed in context of your high school, which shows how competitive you are.

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Fran95, if your school reports A's and B's, then you're in luck. It is estimated that approximately 45 percent of the 3,400 public and private universities in the U.S. will take the reported GPA without recalculating. 9 Add up the total number of hours/credits/units for all your courses that are transferable to UC (courses that are accepted for credit) Add up the grades you have in your classes (do NOT count non-academic classes like PE, Computers, or Electives) Example: Science = D = 1.00 Math = B- = 2.67 How to calculate your UC GPA 1. What Do College Admissions Departments Say About GPA? California applicants must earn at least a 3.0 GPA and nonresidents must earn a minimum 3.4 GPA in all A-G or college-preparatory courses to meet this requirement. You do not recalculate your GPA; you report the GPA that is listed on your transcript. different selective colleges which incorporate Princeton and the UC's will additionally dismiss the grades you acquire freshman 3 hundred and sixty 5 days.