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Originally Posted by NewAggieMom
Hello, My daughter graduated from a large Texas high school that used a weighted GPA based on a 5.0 scale-giving extra weight to AP courses. She has a 4.8. If this is converted to an unweighted 4.0 scale, it equates to a 3.5 which really doesn't reflect the difficulty of the courses she took.
Are the sororities generally familiar with the weighted GPAs and take this into account.
Thanks for any info.
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I think most are familiar with weighted GPAs. It *might* be taken into account and it *might not*. Your daughter has very good grades and she can't change them now, so give her a hug and a kiss and tell her to have fun at recruitment and if she's a likable, happy girl with a good attitude who maximizes all her options, I think she'll find a happy home.
fwiw, my child's HS is on a 5.0 scale, gives both "honors" and AP credit, lists five different GPAs on the transcript/report card: weighted 10-12, unweighted 10-12, weighted 9-12, unweighted 9-12 and a state grant GPA which I'm not even sure what classes that includes and excludes!!! It's maddening! out of a class of about 500, there were 125 graduates with a 4.25 or better. Three valedictorians with perfect GPAs. Three salutorians right behind them, and a marching band size group of kids with 4.0s. and they say that grade inflation doesn't exist. yeah. right.
