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Originally posted by chopper816
I dont know about the sat score, but at my high school advanced placement courses were weighted, so an A wasnt a 4.0, it was a 5.0, so if one were to take a few ap courses, theyre gpa could be higher than a 4.0
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Sorry, I need to proof-read. The 1700 was a typo. His SAT was 1530. (800 math/730 whatever the other half is)
And the "weighted" grade is exactly as Chopper described. In his high school AP and Honors courses were on basically a 5 point scale. (A=5, B=4, etc.) Non AP and Honors courses were graded on a normal 4.0 scale.
Having said that, it would probably not be possible to achieve a "perfect" 5.0, because not every course in the school had "weighted" grading.
There was, for instance, no Honors or AP Phys. Ed or Health. Most elective courses were not Honors or AP, so the highest you could get on those was 4.0 -- although there was an AP Music Theory class.
The highest GPA that I'm aware of in his class was a 4.5 or so, which was received by one of his best friends, and she is now at Harvard. Fortunately, she is from a very wealthy family. (Her SAT was just the opposite of our sons, 800 is it verbal?/730 math)
I think they were both AP Commended Scholars, although she (amazingly) made it in her Junior year. She got dispensation and took two AP courses as a Freshman, and a total of twelve during her four years. She attended an alternative, self learning, K-8 school. She is amazing and drop dead georgous. We told her we will attend the ceremony when she receives her concurrent Nobel Prizes.
Every course she and our son took (except the electives) were either Honors or AP -- and that was tough. The Honors program at their school won a national award from the US Department of Education the year they graduated.
Some colleges don't accept "weighted" grades, but I think most do.