GPA Calculation
Your official high school weighted and unweighted GPAs are posted on your transcript. You will receive your first high school transcript after you complete your first semester of 9th grade. Your transcript can be found in Naviance, under the About Me tab in the upper right hand corner, and then Documents Shared with Me.
How to calculate your GPA
Give yourself points for each semester grade:
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
AP and Honors = 1 extra point
Add up points, then average by number of semesters taken.
Please note- this is the calculation for your WSCA high school GPA. College and universities may do their own GPA calculation when you apply to their college.
For example, the UCs and CSUs have their own way to calculate your GPA:
does NOT include your freshman year grades
only includes a-g courses
only includes a maximum of 8 semesters for weighted points
They call this their "weighted capped GPA"
Unweighted GPA Example - 3 B’s, 2 C’s, 1 A
9 + 4 + 4 =17
17 /6 semesters = 2.83
Total unweighted GPA of 2.83
Weighted GPA Example - 3 B’s, 2 C’s, 1 A’s
(ex/ 2 semesters of AP and 2 semesters of Honors courses)
Give yourself one extra point for each honors or AP semester before dividing by the number of semesters
9 + 4 + 4 = 17 + 4 = 21
21/6 semesters = 3.5
Total weighted GPA = 3.5