So is the BYU GPA weighted or not? Are AP classes worth 5.0?

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Sep 30, 2014
12:17:23pm

man-at-arms

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So is the BYU GPA weighted or not? Are AP classes worth 5.0?

man-at-arms

9/30/14 12:17pm

Not weighted.

newey-west

9/30/14 12:17pm

Nope. 4.0 scale.

WorfoSAUR

9/30/14 12:18pm

AP classes are worth the same as every class no higher than 4.0

docrick

9/30/14 12:24pm

Does anyone know how typical/atypical this is and why BYU doesn't weight them?

Tricky

9/30/14 12:25pm

It may not get her a 4.0+ GPA, but the admissions committee will still look at

BYUCoug11

9/30/14 12:29pm

I heard they are weighted by how good the H.S. is though.

BYU81

9/30/14 12:29pm

I'm sure that only works for Utah schools though, I can't really see how they

jrob30

9/30/14 12:32pm

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cvd6262

9/30/14 1:45pm

Yeah that's kinda what I meant, I'm sure BYU has lots of data points for

jrob30

9/30/14 1:52pm

Wow, this explains why my HS scores in the

Bert609

8/29/15 8:19am

BYU uses unweighted GPAs, then adds points for things, such as AP classes

fredgarvin

9/30/14 12:30pm

Not weighted in GPA, but given special consideration overall

jota

9/30/14 12:32pm

My High School weighted Honors / AP classes BEFORE calculating GPA.

BYU81

9/30/14 12:35pm

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