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Would you lucky bastards please post your unweighted GPA's? I just want to confirm my belief that I have no chance at all.

By Fighterpilot (Fighterpilot) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 09:16 pm: Edit

Unweighted

3.93

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If you have under 3.85 unweighted dont even try

By Trojan1444 (Trojan1444) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 11:35 pm: Edit

unweighted 4.0
weighted 4.25

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 12:24 am: Edit

I've got a lot to offer except for that number. I'll still apply because I think I'm a good match for Stanford. Just have to prove it.

By Khan (Khan) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 12:32 am: Edit

unweighted 4.0
weighted 4.65

Oh, oops, but I went to Cal.

By Samueladams (Samueladams) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 01:28 am: Edit

See, just goes to show how a GPA doesn't reflect one's intelligence... choosing Cal. I had a 4.0 uw.

By Khan (Khan) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 02:10 am: Edit

Ouch. Very ouch.

By Twojaw (Twojaw) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 02:37 am: Edit

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/march31/letters-331.html

"nearly 80 percent had a grade point average of 4.0 or higher."

But hey, I thought the important thing was inventing the new languages, molecular pencils, stockcar racing, rodeo riding, or selling girlscout cookies.

By Stanfordman99 (Stanfordman99) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 01:32 pm: Edit

4.0 UW
4.492 Weighted

I only hope I can maintain a 3.9+ GPA at Stanford!

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 01:42 pm: Edit

I still raise my eyebrows whenever someone mentions that girl who 'invented a language'. Sounds like some Star Trek fan who wrote a Klingon dictionary.

By Twojaw (Twojaw) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 04:41 pm: Edit

But hey, there was an inventor of a new language the year before too.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2003/april2/admission-42.html

Say when you raise your eyebrows do you also hold up the split finger palm salute and say "I grok Spock?"

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 05:56 pm: Edit

"or higher" - so that shite is weighted.

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 01:32 am: Edit

So you're telling me if I invent a language then I'm in? Alright...

Ping Pah Poo - that means "this is cool."
Ik Pooh Am - means "it is cold."
Poo Pooh Poo - means "cold weather is cool."

By Twojaw (Twojaw) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 01:42 am: Edit

sizzle, izzle, my dizzle

By Hiamerica (Hiamerica) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 01:44 am: Edit

anyone here, got a B in a course, and get accepted in Stanford. i am an asian indian citizen, but living in San Diego for the past two years. What type(Intl, or CA resident) will I be counted as. I got 1 B so far in my current schdule of 5 APs. Did any of you all get a B and get into stanford

By Efilsiertaeht (Efilsiertaeht) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 03:01 am: Edit

yes, I got a B in a course. And I know several people who got more than just 1 B- more like 4 or 5. Don't fret so much.

By Twojaw (Twojaw) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 11:59 am: Edit

Hey had 4 B's, 3.94 gpa unweighted in an IB program and got rejected. Guess my Klingon poetry was up to snuff.

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 09:28 pm: Edit

I have 5 B's. 2 of them were given by a nutty teacher who didn't use points. My essays were the best in the class and I still got 2 B's. I think it was because I didn't volunteer enough, although I did raise my hand for pretty much everything. Got another 2 B's in 10th grade when I was a dummy and didn't realize that there's a difference between BIG points (final exams) and small points (everything else). Then the last B in Chem AP was deserved. Organic Chem knocked me on my ass.

By Hiamerica (Hiamerica) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 11:21 pm: Edit

did you seriously get in? and by the way i got my SAT II scores in writing, it is 600. Is it o.k. man for stanford. my other sat ii writing score are Chemisry-780, and in Physics, Math IIC, ABOVE 750. This might terminate my chances right??

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 12:14 am: Edit

I didn't apply.

By Hiamerica (Hiamerica) on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 12:31 am: Edit

someone!! please

By Leely888 (Leely888) on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 07:56 pm: Edit

Twojaw, how can you have a 3.94 GPA if you have 4 B's? I have three B's and it's a 3.88 unweighted. I thought all UW GPAs are the same.

AIM78: I think you should apply regular because they will be able to see your senior grades and it will help you.

By Twojaw (Twojaw) on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 08:11 pm: Edit

Leely...it depends on how many classes you take. Senior year there were 7 classes on the schedule (had to fit in Calculus BC which wasn't in the IB curriculum). Same for junior year. What is your course load?

By Aim78 (Aim78) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 02:29 pm: Edit

That's interesting Leely. So my GPA would be a bit higher by that time. But statistically wouldn't I be at a disadvantage? I think that if my grades were the only problem they would defer me and wait to see Senior year grades.

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 05:23 pm: Edit

I have a question: how is unweighted GPA determined by schools?

I do not any Bs. All As. Is that a 4.0? Even if some of the As are in the low 90s?

By Mathninja (Mathninja) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:13 am: Edit

when we are talking about number of B's, we are excluding freshman year because stanford throws those out correct? If so, i have on B. If not, make that 6.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:37 pm: Edit

question...is a 3.9 an A- average?

also...my school has it where the lowest A(A-) one can have is a 92.5...is that how it is at all of your schools? Or do you all have 90 and above is an A-/A/A+?

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 04:26 pm: Edit

llabcurious,

i don't think it matters how your school calculates GPAs. Each university will recalculate your GPA according to your grades and their policy. They might make it easy and do 90-100 (4.0), 80-89 (3.0), etc. or they might have more complicated methods. honestly, i don't know how stanford does it

By Attitudica (Attitudica) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 02:24 am: Edit

My school prepares us SOLELY for the O-A/levels... So the thing is different with the american schools. My Questions is, even though I have STRAIGHT A`s in my o-levels and a-levels, the marking at school is very very harsh, and I have a few C`s, would they still look at the school transcripts that arrogantly?

By Go123 (Go123) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 04:02 pm: Edit

do they take your overall average, such as a 92.5 average, and just say you have an A, or do they take all your grades and give them a letter, like an 89 is a B and a 95 is an A? so in the first case you would have a 4.0 and in the second you wouldn't. Which do they do?

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 07:23 pm: Edit

no, 98.5 and above is an A+
94.5 and above is an A
92.5 and above is an A-
90.5 and above is a B+ (I think)
so basically, they just give each class a grade and then average up the percentages and your grade point average is decided on a 12.0 scale.
12...A+
11...A
10...A-...
My school is weird, they dont even offer any AP of IB classes!(and to think...we are considered a college-prep private school.) I think that I may go to Northwestern or something over the summer to get some on my trascript. Luckily, by the end of hs I will have college credit calc 2 under my belt...that has got to count for something!

Oh yea, there aren't really any classes that are weighted either. Except for the college credit ones, but those are only offered for calc 1, calc 2, and senior english.

oh, and thanks paul hw!

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 11:58 pm: Edit

get over a 3.8 and ur in the competitive pool. I have a 3.94 for soph+jr year. But im applying this year.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 08:40 pm: Edit

is 3.8 an A average or A- average?

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 08:40 pm: Edit

is 3.8 an A average or A- average?

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 08:41 pm: Edit

sry bout the double post:-)

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 09:44 pm: Edit

3.8 is an A average. 4.0 is A+ Average.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:14 pm: Edit

The what is a 3.4, 3.5,3.6, and 3.7? Sorry about all of this everyone:-)

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 11:37 pm: Edit

...... i think like 3.3-3.4 is a B+ 3.5-3.7 is A- 3.7-3.9 is an A 3.9+ is A+. I would think so at lesat.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:01 am: Edit

So the people on this board with 4.0 averages have a 98% or more average when all of their classes are combined? WOW

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 11:50 am: Edit

^ I HIGHLY doubt that. That is almost impossible, considering that most of these people take all AP classes throughout junior and senior year. They also say they have 4.0s, but when you look at their stats, they have a bunch of As and A-.

Stanford info session is coming up next week. I'm gonna ask the admission rep about GPA calculations and post his answer here.

By Leely888 (Leely888) on Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 01:46 am: Edit

we have 7 classes a year too

What classes did you guys get B's in?

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 01:59 am: Edit

Regarding my postings - my high school doesnt give A-'s and A+'s... i was just saying thats the average probably.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 02:07 am: Edit

PaulHomework- How was the Standford info session? This GPA stuff can be so complicated...let me know what he said!

By Nngmm (Nngmm) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 03:37 pm: Edit

GPA can vary by school. Stanford calculates their own (academic courses only, no PE or art classes)... You have to be in the top 10% of your class to have a chance.

By Irock1ce (Irock1ce) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 08:04 pm: Edit

Stanford also doesnt include freshman year... like at all (no ECs, no grades.

By Ilabcurious1423 (Ilabcurious1423) on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 06:05 pm: Edit

ok...but a 4,.0 is an A+ average right? Or is it just an A average...when applying to Stanford I mean.

By Olive7891 (Olive7891) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:38 am: Edit

i have a 3.83 unweighted.. but like 4.5 or 4.6 weighted b/c of a lot of honors and APs... should i be hopeful in this aspect if im solid in other categories?