Converting CIE A-Level grades to 4.0 Scale GPA

AP courses receive 1 extra point.

Also, since PE is short course, it counts less than the normal IGCSE - so do I count it as half, or do I not count it at all?

So sorry but I dont understand!
What would the following A levels be: A, B, B (and a C in AS level)

Hi everyone, I have seen this question asked many times without any proper answers, so I thought this should be the right moment for me to end such dilemma (Yes, I am a very smart guy, thanks ).

First of all, what is the equivalent of "A-Level" courses in the US universities?

We get such an answer from the British Council website, the OFFICIAL ORIGINAL AUTHENTICATED website, here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-uk-glossary.htmGlossary#_a_

If you don't want to open the links:
Exams taken by English, Northern Irish and Welsh students in order to gain entrance to UK university, similar to Advanced Placement (AP) tests.

So A Level in UK=AP in USA

Now, how to calculate the CIE (A Level) GPA?
From the OFFICIAL ORIGINAL AUTHENTICATED CIE website, here:
http://www.cie.org.uk/docs/recognition/Calculating%20GPAs%20for%20IGCSE.pdf
Oo, but that is for IGCSE, not A Levels?
Oh, you mean the O Level courses? never mind.
Forget about the A Level for a while, and let's see the PDF:
CIE US
A,A* A
B A-
C B
D C+
E C
F D+
G D
U F (FAIL)
Alright, now the Numerical Values for the above US alpha grades are as follows (from the same PDF):
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B- 2.7
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
(This is seems to be the standard US values, I have found them on many webstes, here forexample:
http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~joshua/gpa_charts.htm)
Therefore we have:
CIE Numerical US
A* 4.0
A 4.0
B 3.7
C 3.0
D 2.3
E 2.0
F 1.3
G 1.0 (Least possible passing US Numerical Grade, I guess)
Alright till now?
Now what is so special about AP (which are the equivalent to A Level) courses when calculating the GPA?
Let's take the "OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL" for example, how do they add A Level courses to the GPA?
Here:
http://www.ophs.opusd.k12.ca.us/gpa_&_class_rank.htm
If you don't want to open the link:

Got it everybody?

THAT SIMPLY, MEANS THAT EVERY AP COURSE (EQUIVALENT TO A LEVEL COURSE) RECEIVES 1 EXTRA POINT!!!

For example, If I got A in an A-Level Mathematics, that would have the Numerical value of 5 (the O Level numerical value of A=4, add 1 extra point, 4+1=5), Got it?

Another Example:
I studied (for real) 8 O Level subjects, my Grades were as follows:
Mathematics A*
Chemistry A
Accounting A
Physics B
Biology B
IT B
Arabic C
English C
That would be a GPA of (4+4+4+3.7+3.7+3.7+3.0+3.0)/8=3.64
(That wat of calculation is from the above CIE pdf file, nothing I came by if from myself)
Then I studied 2 A Level Subjects:
Mathematics B
Chemistry C
They would have the numerical values of 3.7+3.0 respectively, plus 1 Extra Point for each of them, that would be 4.7+4.0 respectively.
Then we calculate the GPA:
(4+4+4+3.7+3.7+3.7+3.0+3.0+4.7+4)/10=3.78

GOT IT everyone?

(No wonder my IQ is 144, that's 2 points less than the US president)

first of all thanks for this thread its really helpful as i wish to be going to a law school in america someday.

But correct me if I'm mistaken but my a level predictions are BBC i know there not the best I'm currently raising them to A's.

But with BBC would my gpa work out as the following;
3.7+1=4.7
3.7+1=4.7
3+1=4

13.4/3 = 4.46? if this is the case is this a good gpa?

Well, you didn't add the O Level courses you studied, did u?
Anyway, Yes, definitly 4.46 is a good GPA!

No my GCSE gpa is like 3.4 thats bad though and it will bring it down won't it? and i thought that the A level and GCSE GPA's had to remain separate as they are different types of qualifications.

Yes, you are right, but the problem is that, in the US High Schools, they equate the A-Level Courses with the AP courses, they don't calculate a different GPA for the AP courses, they just add them to the regular courses.
So, you convert the O Level grades into the equivalent American ones, and then you add the A- Level ones to them too (after you add the extra points for them to).
They might be two different qualifications, but for USA, AP are studied during the high school.

Therefore for the GCSE grades of:
A, A, B, B, C, C, C, C
you would have the equivalent US grades of:
A, A, A-, A-, B, B, B, B
with the Numerical points of:
4, 4, 3.7, 3.7, 3, 3, 3, 3
and therefore a GPA of:
(4+4+3.7+3.7+3+3+3+3)/8=3.425
Then you studied BBC A-Levels, they would have the Numerical values of:
B: 3.7+1=4.7
B: 3.7+1=4.7
C: 3+1=4
Total of 13.4
Therefore Cumulative High School GPA =
[13.4+8(3.425)]/11=3.71

Therefore A-Levels didn't bring it down, on the contrary, they raised it!
(You can see my example in the first post too!)

Anyway Good luck with raising them to As, that would definitly be much better.