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[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

I'm also confused as to the 81.75 grade point... is this a different system of GPA calculation or was this a typo?

I took it to mean 81.75 on a 100 point scale...like they used to grade tests in highschool. I guess that would be a C...which would translate to a 2.0.

[LegallyBrunette]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I took it to mean 81.75 on a 100 point scale...like they used to grade tests in highschool. I guess that would be a C...which would translate to a 2.0.

I definitely could be wrong, but doesn't an 81.75 average on a 100 point scale translate to a 3.27 GPA on the standard 4.0 scale, thereby making her eligible for recruitment?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

I definitely could be wrong, but doesn't an 81.75 average on a 100 point scale translate to a 3.27 GPA on the standard 4.0 scale, thereby making her eligible for recruitment?

You're probably right. I was just guessing.

Someone call Drolefille in here...she's good at that kind of stuff.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

I definitely could be wrong, but doesn't an 81.75 average on a 100 point scale translate to a 3.27 GPA on the standard 4.0 scale, thereby making her eligible for recruitment?

If we're talking about 81.75 points on a scale of 100 = 81.75%, which would denote a solid C average -- at least how my high school figured it -- and a C = a 2.0. A 2.0 would likely be far too low for any school/chapter/national requirement.

I'm assuming you weren't using percentages so how did you figure 3.27?

[LegallyBrunette]

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

I'm assuming you weren't using percentages so how did you figure 3.27?

81.75/100=X/4.00

Using cross-multiplication 100X=327 (81.75*4)
X=3.27

From a less mathematical standpoint, I thought *most* institutions used the standard 90-100 is in the A range (or 3.5 to 4.0); 80-89 is in the B range (or 3.0 to 3.5) etc. Again, I'm certainly not positive about this, this is just what I've assumed based on my individual experience applying to colleges and law school.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

From a less mathematical standpoint, I thought *most* institutions used the standard 90-100 is in the A range (or 3.5 to 4.0); 80-89 is in the B range (or 3.0 to 3.5) etc. Again, I'm certainly not positive about this, this is just what I've assumed based on my individual experience applying to colleges and law school.

My high school's system:

92-100 A
82-91 B
72-81 C

etc.

81.75 would be a C by those standards.

[LegallyBrunette]

Hmmm, I guess what I considered standard really isn't standard at all.

Sounds like bette07 should contact the Greek Life Office at North Texas and find out what method is used for grade conversion to determine her daughter's eligibility for recruitment.

[bette007]

Originally Posted by _Lisa_

My high school's system:

92-100 A
82-91 B
72-81 C

etc.

81.75 would be a C by those standards.

Thanks for all the posts on this subject. The 81.75 GPA is not a typo, this is the only GPA listed on her final transcript. I was very confused as well as to how this translates to a 4.0 scale. At her high school, explanation of grades are:

A=90 to 100
B=80 to 89
C=70 to 79

In our school district, a 81.75 would be a B-

with an average of an 80 - 83 being a B- and an average of an 84 to an 86 translating to a B average, and 87 to an 89 translating to a B+ average.

If a 3.0 gpa requirement is a B average she would probably still be below the minimum requirement.

[UGAalum94]

What the someone will actually have to do is using the whole transcript and grading scale, go back and create a GPA unless the sororities already have a percentage grade cut offs they can use.

Although using the ratios makes total mathematical sense, I don't think people do it that way because the grades (A,B etc) that yielded that 81 have a wide variety of possible ranges.

(This was kind of a big deal in Georgia recently because of our HOPE scholarship. It was intended for B students and at first that meant giving kids who had 80 or above averages in high school the scholarship, but last year we converted over to actually requiring a 3.0.

Consider that a kid who had half 85s and half 75s in a system where 70-79 was a C and 80-89 was a B would have an 80 average, but a 2.5 GPA.)