GPA Quiz
Answer seven questions to find out how your school compares!
Can you calculate your GPA by hand?
Yes
No
Does an explanation of your school's GPA system fit in a single sentence?
Yes
No, it takes a paragraph
No, it takes a page
...Or more
Are AP/IB classes worth more than normal classes?
Yes
No
What about Honors classes?
Worth more
No
College classes?
Also worth more
Nope
Does calculating your GPA involve anything other than taking the average of your grade points?
No, that's literally the definition of GPA.
Yep!
Pick the most accurate description:
Letter grades, every A is worth the same number of grade points
Number grades, 100 is the max grade
Letter grades, some As are worth more than others
Number grades, the max grade is something other than 100
Perfectly Normal
Your school uses a completely straightforward system. Congratulations, your transcript is a breath of fresh air to admissions staff!
Pretty Normal
A standard weighted GPA system? I guess that’s okay, but watch out for feature creep.
Overweight(ed)
You clearly used to have a standard weighted system, but someone got a bit overzealous. Kind of like ordering a pizza with free toppings and winding up with a pineapple, anchovy, and black olive pizza just because you could.
Verbose
Your school could have conveyed the same amount of information in half the time. Try starting a petition to change your GPA system to something that doesn’t require a year-long class to understand.
Mastermind
Your school’s GPA system is actually a logic puzzle in disguise. You gain an IQ point every time you look at your transcript.
Not Okay
Whoever designed your school’s system clearly didn’t know the definition of ‘average’. Admissions staff need a nap after deciphering your transcript. The software used to calculate your so-called GPA was probably written by a coder trying to test the limits of a new programming language. I solved simpler equations in my quantum mechanics class.