[BykrBayb]

McComb, who graduated with a 4.7 grade point average...

??? 3.7 maybe? Straight A's will only get you 4.0. How do you get a 4.7 GPA?

[Frank Sheed]

5 point system. Some schools have them.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Some schools use a 5 point scale instead of 4.

[Jaded]

Taking advanced placement classes. They are given higher credits than regular classes. In Texas, if you've taken some of these you can test out of college classes. My cousin entered Texas Tech as a sophomore 3 years ago.

[The Red Zone]

A++

[SauronOfMordor]

Straight A's will only get you 4.0. How do you get a 4.7 GPA?

Take a lot of Advanced Placement courses. A lot of schools, even though on a 4-point scale, will count a 5 on an AP course as being above A and will average it accordingly

[RightOnline]

"??? 3.7 maybe? Straight A's will only get you 4.0. How do you get a 4.7 GPA?"

Been a while since you've been in high school.....or had high school aged children, eh? :)

You get such GPA's by taking Honors or AP (advanced placement) classes; they are more heavily 'weighted'. Hence, one can easily have a GPA above 4.0.

[DTwistedSisterS]

Grade weighting with AP and advanced classes, most likely.