At my school in Canada we use the percentage system.. where an A is 86%-100% and a B is 73%-85%. I heard that in US schools though a 90%- 100% is an A.
Will universities caluculate my GPA based on their 90% definition of an A or my province's 86% being an A?
Also, say I averaged like a 92% average throughout high school, but got like 2 Bs in the process....will they calculate my GPA based on my individual letter grades or my overall percentage?
thanks=)
2007-10-05 16:37:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Percentages are common in Canada (I used to teach at a couple of Canadian universities), but not very common in the U.S. at all. It isn't just a matter of the percentages for an A or B being different, but that there are no percentages recorded anywhere at all. When I give an exam, I give As and Bs directly, without any percentages involved. An A is 4.0, an A- 3.7, a B+ 3.3, so that when I give final grades, they are calculated on a 4-point scale, not a percentage basis at all.
2007-10-05 16:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the university where I teach, each professor has the option of using + or - with their grades, so it does make a difference when calculating GPAs. My A students hate it because under the "old/traditional" way, if they were to get a 90%, it would be an A, but with the + and - system, they could get an A- and get fewer points when GPA is calculated.
2007-10-05 16:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by DJ76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you transfer, they will not re-calculate your GPA. They will just give you a P (pass, which had no bearing on GPA at US schools) for those classes which transfer.
Each class is weighted by itself in middle school and high school and college here in the states, so if you took 20 classes and got A's in 18 of them and B's in 2 of them, your GPA would be 3.9. You're percentage "over all" does not matter.
2007-10-05 16:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by joanby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Schools do not calculate GPA the same way (you'd think they would!)
Some colleges have 4.0 as their highest GPA while others set theirs a bit higher. Some have different ranges for different grades.
Most sites show you how they calculate their GPA so that you can do it for yourself with your transcript to obtain the equivalent.
2007-10-05 16:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by Riverblossom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2014-01-24 05:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by ✔ Sandy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -- they do not.
2007-10-05 16:43:36 · answer #6 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋