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re: Rant about weighted GPAs.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:25 pm to GeauxTigers123
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:25 pm to GeauxTigers123
You forgot…
95-100 A
vs
90-100 A
…on SAME 4 pt scale.
Discrepancy within is real, too.
95-100 A
vs
90-100 A
…on SAME 4 pt scale.
Discrepancy within is real, too.
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Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:27 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:
I see people posting on various social media and here about how there kid had a 4.8 GPA
quote:
there kid
Never gets old
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:28 pm to Sofaking2
My oldest went to multiple high schools in multiple states due to moving around. I can verify that not all high schools are created equal. Not all state education systems are equal.
Frankly, throw GPAs out the window because they mean nothing due to how different schools can be. Standardized testing scores should be the main gauge colleges use in determining admissions and scholarships.
Frankly, throw GPAs out the window because they mean nothing due to how different schools can be. Standardized testing scores should be the main gauge colleges use in determining admissions and scholarships.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:51 pm to GeauxTigers123
I got mostly Bs in my APs and my weighted GPA was like 4.1, so a 34 on the ACT saved my arse to be competitive for scholarships.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:07 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:
I see people posting on various social media and here about how there kid had a 4.8 GPA or an 5.2 GPA and didn’t get in some specific school.
What do you call someone who graduates med school with a 5.2 GPA.
"Doctor." Ha!
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:02 pm to GeauxTigers123
It makes it more difficult to determine who is valedictorian. I know of someone who was not valedictorian because they took one more class then the named valedictorian - choir or a foreign language (can’t remember). Since it was only on a scale of 4, it lowered their GPA and dropped them from being valedictorian. They had more credits, but a lower GPA. I think the school may have subsequently fixed their ranking system, but it was stupid to begin with.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:02 pm to shutterspeed
My kids school awards 15 pts for AP classes. Your totals in those classes are divided by 25 to get your gpa. So perfect score in an AP classes is (100+15)/25=4.6
They also offer pass/fail classes for on level courses so your gpa isn’t hurt
They also offer pass/fail classes for on level courses so your gpa isn’t hurt
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:04 pm to ChEgrad
My point is that these weighted scales are fine for internal use within a school. It allows them to reward taking harder classes. But since they’re not part of a universally accepted system, they are irrelevant to quote in the public. I hear them quoted during sporting events, on social media, on discuss discussions about college acceptance. I’m like who cares if your kid had a 6.0. I don’t even know what that means.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:13 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:
For sure. But that’s an entirely additional argument. ACT, SAT, lsat, cat, gmat, gre or whatever. I was just talking about how these random scales are hard to interpret.
LSAT is a funny one.
It’s a bizarre test, but statistically it absolutely correlates with law school grades and bar passage rates.
And there’s not really a good explanation for why other than “it works and we’ve used for a long time now”
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:28 pm to ChEgrad
quote:
It makes it more difficult to determine who is valedictorian. I know of someone who was not valedictorian because they took one more class then the named valedictorian - choir or a foreign language (can’t remember). Since it was only on a scale of 4, it lowered their GPA and dropped them from being valedictorian. They had more credits, but a lower GPA. I think the school may have subsequently fixed their ranking system, but it was stupid to begin with.
There are always parents/students working the weighted GPA in a school. They study it like a lawyer looking for loopholes. In our most recent high school graduate’s class there was an entire group (rhymes with Bindian) working it from middle school through the allowed option for online learning instead of being in class post covid. By the time of their senior year the top of class was basically set.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:42 pm to Hogwarts
quote:
Im in education and saw a valedictorian of a rural school with a 14 ACT composite and a 4.2 GPA
I think some time around Katrina some New Orleans valedictorian couldn’t pass the state 10th grade equivalence testing or something like that. There was a push to limit or catch grade inflation for awhile, but anything like that was deemed racist post summer of love.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:22 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
You forgot…
95-100 A
vs
90-100 A
…on SAME 4 pt scale.
Discrepancy within is real, too.
That was my HS in Alabama back in '82. 85-95 was a B, 75-85 was a C. My ~3.5 HS GPA was a 4.0 everywhere else. I hated college applications that insisted on a 4 point scale GPA.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:32 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
My kids school was on the old 100-94 - A, 93-87 - B, etc scale until this year. It took a bill in the state legislature to make them change it to 10 pt. Principal is so butt hurt, he’s made it his mission to make all classes harder.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 12:19 am to Bigdawgb
quote:Yes...that's how it works. You're presenting that as supposedly unique?
UGA (at least in the 2010s when I was there) gives any grade between 90-92 an A-, worth only 3.7/4.0 GPA. There is no corresponding A+, so to have a 4.0 you have to make a 93 or better in all your classes. And for the subjective classes, anything less than genius level work was getting an A-
Posted on 4/8/26 at 12:51 am to GeauxTigers123
quote:
how there kid
their
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:03 am to GeauxTigers123
Spot on. My youngest kid ran through high school with all A's at a non-weighted GPA school. Played 2 sports from middle school through high school, tons of community service, school clubs and had a job for 5 years.
Believe it or not, a 4.0 doesn't compare to a 4.30. I tried to make her case with her university, and they responded with "we take that into consideration."
Absolute zero university scholarships for a kid in the top 2% of a 500 student graduating clas. She is a 4.0 student to this day at her university. Yay for hayseed high school and parents paying full tuition.
She'll have no problem proceeding to medical or PA school after she graduates, but the grading system is screwed.
Believe it or not, a 4.0 doesn't compare to a 4.30. I tried to make her case with her university, and they responded with "we take that into consideration."
Absolute zero university scholarships for a kid in the top 2% of a 500 student graduating clas. She is a 4.0 student to this day at her university. Yay for hayseed high school and parents paying full tuition.
She'll have no problem proceeding to medical or PA school after she graduates, but the grading system is screwed.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:05 am to GeauxTigers123
quote:
I see people posting on various social media and here about how there kid had a 4.8 GPA
I assume your parents never had that problem
Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:38 am to Big Scrub TX
quote:
Yes...that's how it works. You're presenting that as supposedly unique?
Thats not "how it works" at all, the standard GA grading in high schools and colleges is:
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F anything under 60
By instituting plus minus, GPAs were deflated because a 4.0 requires a 93+ instead of a 90+
But if anything, this thread just demonstrates that "standard grading" seems to be a myth anyways
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 8:46 am
Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:40 am to Scruffy
quote:
This is why standardized testing should be required.
Correct. This will, over the long haul, correct all of these issues (from shitty schools and grade inflation to adjusting for AP v. normie classes).
Posted on 4/8/26 at 12:43 pm to Bigdawgb
quote:The high schools where I live have + and - and do not have A+.
Thats not "how it works" at all, the standard GA grading in high schools and colleges is:
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F anything under 60
By instituting plus minus, GPAs were deflated because a 4.0 requires a 93+ instead of a 90+
And your argument is there has been grade DEflation?
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