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I am applying to CSULA and I was considering how they calculate GPAs. If there are 2 GPAs in each grade level(9,10,11...), do they add up the sum of all total GPAs in the four grade levels and divide by 8(8 represents the total number of semesters)?

Freshmen GPA:
1st Semester: 3.16w
2nd Semester: 3.0w

Sophomore GPA:
1st Semester: 3.0w
2nd Semester: 2.5w

Junior GPA:
1st Semester: 3.3w
2nd Semester: 4.1w

Senior GPA:
1st Semester: 4.3w
2nd Semester: 4.3w

Conclusion:
3.16w
3.16w
3.0w
2.5w Add all semester GPAs.
3.3w
4.1w
4.3w
+4.3w
-----
=27.82

27.82
----- Divide 27.82 to 8.
8

Final High School GPA =3.47w

Am I right??

By Lhomme (Lhomme) on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 08:13 pm: Edit

Each school has its own formula to decide your GPA and will weigh your courses accordingly. I know for example, the University of Michigan considers everything 95% or above on a 100% scale (unweighted - like at my school) a 4.0.

You might want to check with the school itself (email admissions folks?)

By Drusba (Drusba) on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 12:36 pm: Edit

Above is correct. It really depends on the particular school. For example a number will actually redo your grades entirely, stripping them down to unweighted per semester and then including only what they consider to be the core courses -- English, math, lab sciences, social studies and language -- to come up with an unweighted GPA to which they may then weight on their own devised system to get your actual GPA that they consider. Many have wondered how they could get rejected by a school when they have a 4 point weighted average only to find out the school had them no higher than 3.3 once it recalculated. I do not know what "CSULA" refers to so I cannot guess as to what it uses.