Has something changed? It has always been 4.0 as the highest, as far as I know, but then I haven't been in school for decades.
A 4.2 GPA is above a 4.0, so it's outside of the normal range for unweighted GPAs. If you have a 4.2, your school uses weighted GPAs, meaning they take class difficulty into account when calculating GPA. A 4.2 indicates that you are earning Bs and B+s in high level classes or As and A+s in mid level classes. This is a very good GPA, and it should give you a strong chance of admission at most colleges.
Now my question is, how does one discern if the 4.2 is B-B+, or A-A+?
“Hogg, who holds a 4.2 grade point average”..
there are many schools that would/do accept students with even lower GPA’s. Obviously there is more to the story than what we read.