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Welcome to another addition of the CollegeMapper VLOG
right now we're going to talk about weighted verses unweighted GPA
so some high schools will weight
you're GPA
which means that they will give you an extra point for an "A" if the class
you're taking is an AP or an IB class
so instead of getting four points for the A you would get five instead of
getting three points for the "B" you would get four
everything in that class just goes up
one point value
so that is a weighted GPA
that means then if you take
a certain number of these advanced classes and do well in them
then your GPA could conceivably
be over a 4.0
so your high school is either going to weight
or it's not going to weight your GPA
and my recommendations to you as a counselor is that
you report on your applications what your high school
authorizes
and condones so if your high school
weights GPA's and that's what it's going to say on your transcript
then your CommonAP and all of your college applications
should match that
if your high school does not weight GPA
it's not going to be waiting on your transcript you want your applications to match
that
there's really no
standards
in the united states for
weighting and not weighting some high schools weight some high schools don't so
the colleges
have to amongst themselves on the back side
decide if they're going to consider weighted or and unweighted GPA's
so my recommendations to you is that you follow suit with your high
school
and report what your high school is going to report on your transcript
Thats it. Thanks for tuning in. Yay College!