How to calculate my GPA, my grades are in a different grading system than the US?
I completed my High School in Mexico, so my transcript is very different from yours, I don't have credits, I don't have course types i.e. AP, IB, Honors, College-Level Courses, etc; hence the distinction between weighted and unweighted GPA does not exist in Mexico.
Because of this, calculating my GPA is complicated because I need that information e.i. course type, credits, etc. but that doesn't apply for me at least as I know.
Here is my transcript from freshman to senior year: https://imgur.com/a/DChBf9e, as you can see is a different grading system and because of that I'm stuck calculating my GPA.
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When your grading system is different (like Mexico vs US), the main idea is to first normalize your grades into a common scale.
Usually, people:
convert their grades into percentages
then map those percentages to a 4.0 GPA scale
Since different schools use different conversion methods, there’s no single “perfect” formula—it’s always an approximation.
If you want to test your numbers quickly, you can try something like CalculatorWallah. It lets you convert between GPA, percentage, and different grading formats without needing an account.
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