Skip to main content
3
4 years ago
Admissions Advice

Are transcript gpa's based on one year or entire high school career?
Answered

I'm a sophomore and was looking at my transcript and it says my UWGPA is 3.68. First semester I got 4 A+, 1 A, and 1 A-. But freshman year I didn't do as good, I got 2 A, 4 A-, 3 B+, 1 B, 1 B-, and 1 C+. Sophomore year I had 4 honors and freshman 3. The B- and C+ were both in honors comp lit. I was wondering of the 3.68 UWGPA is of all this averaged or Just my sophomore year 1 semester?

?
10th
2023
academics
GPA
3
3
🎉 First post
Let’s welcome @joeyc42 to the community! Remember to be kind, helpful, and supportive in your responses.

Earn karma by helping others:

1 karma for each ⬆️ upvote on your answer, and 20 karma if your answer is marked accepted.

2 answers

6
Accepted Answer
4 years ago

So if you are counting all 18 classes your UWGPA would be

4- A+ - 16.0 pts

1-A - 4.0 pts

1-A- -3.7 pts

2-A - 8.0 pts

4- A- - 14.8 pts

3- B+ - 9.9 pts

1 - B -3.0 pts

1- B- 2.7 pts

1- C+ 2.3 pts

Total 64.4 Pts/18 = 3.578 UWGPA

Now if your HS counts A+ as 4.3 which I think some HSs do although colleges might re-calc it back to 4.0 then your UWGPA is a 3.63 which is closer to what is written on your transcript.

Hope that helps. Again I'm just rounding off the pluses and minuses to the most conventional grading scales that many HSs across the country use. If your school rounds up a 3.3 to 3.3333 or rounds down a 3.7 to 3.6666 then you might get different values but not too far off what you have on your transcript.

6
0
4 years ago

If it is on your official transcript, then it is all of it averaged. You can also just do the math yourself though. It's pretty easy with just a calculator, but there's also GPA Calculators online that can help.

0
What are your chances of acceptance?
Your chance of acceptance
Duke University
Loading…
UCLA
Loading…
+ add school
Your chancing factors
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
1.0
4.0
SAT: 720 math
200
800
| 800 verbal
200
800

Extracurriculars

Low accuracy (4 of 18 factors)

Community Guidelines

To keep this community safe and supportive:

  1. Be kind and respectful!
  2. Keep posts relevant to college admissions and high school.
  3. Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!

How karma works