GPA

GPA (grade point average) is the average of all grades you’ve earned from freshman year until graduation. Sometimes, GPAs are calculated on an unweighted scale, which means they’re averaged with 4.0 as the maximum and 0.0 as the minimum. Other times, GPAs are weighted, which means they’re averaged with 5.0 (an A in an AP class) as the maximum and 0.0 as the minimum. Most high schools will list both on a student’s transcript.

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