Unweighted GPA?

Question

Im doing college searches and most of them talk about an "unweighted GPA" what exactly is an unweighted GPA?

does this include only my academic courses? do i still get an extra point for my AP and honors courses? is it only certain grades, for example, only 11th and 10th grade?

Answer 1

Sometimes a college will re-evaluate your GPA based on a number of factors. In the past, for instance, Michigan State would add 10% for "underrepresented student populations" (uh, affirmative action).

Sometimes high schools will also figured GPAs based on a number of factors, such as adding a point for AP classes (ie, an "A" gets 5 points on a 4-point scale).

To make it more complicated, many colleges are discounting grades for non-prep classes, looking instead for good grades only in classes that a college prep person would take. My daughter was denied entrance in a local state college because her grades in her "prep" classes weren't very good, a fact hidden by her good grades in electives (examples would be yearbook, band, student aide, etc).

Answer 2

Your Up-to-date GPA. from your freshman year to whatever year you're in now. Take the average of all of your classes and add them up. I think the student guide book shoudl provide you with a way on how to calculate your GPA.