I am concerned because our high school used PowerSchool and they only keep track of the Weighted GPA. On several scholarship applications the UNWEIGHTED GPA is asked for. I e-mailed the counselor and showed her the College Board scale that we used --
College Board Unweighted Scale:
Letter Grade Percent Grade 4.0 Scale
A+ 97-100 4
A 93-96 4
A- 90-92 3.7
B+ 87-89 3.3
B 83-86 3
B- 80-82 2.7
C+ 77-79 2.3
C 73-76 2
C- 70-72 1.7
D+ 67-69 1.3
D 65-66 1
E/F Below 65 0
We set up a spreadsheet and came up with a 3.66. The counselor and colleague first came up with a 293, then calculated it again with the help of a math teacher, and got a 2.66! His lowest unweighted grade was one (1) B-, which would have a 2.7 value for a one credit course. Nothing else was lower than a B (3.0). I am just kind of scared that if they cannot do the math correctly, what else is going on? Earlier this year, my child's weighted GPA dropped significantly after he was given 1/2 credit P.E. waiver (for participation in varsity football -- he had to complete paperwork to prove he met the competency requirements, and have it signed off by the coach, AD, a HQT in PE, then to the guidance office). They had included a ZERO grade (Zero since it was Pass/Fail and not a letter grade) in his GPA computation. We made a stink about that, and were told later that his grade was fixed, along with 5 other students. Makes me wonder about the poor kids who graduated prior to my son. How do you handle something like this without making enemies while your child is still in school? Do you wait until after graduation and send a letter of concern to the principal and the superintendent and the school board chair?
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