eyezonharvard

Yes, good grades are a given. However, there are a lot of people with good grades. I'd dare say that at least 60% of the college population of the united states had a highschool GPA of a 3.8 and higher.

However, in DHA's case, he's a URM with excellent EC's with good SAT's. Actually, DHA, what's your exact SAT score? It's kind of important...

Also, your rank is pretty bad. However, you should've had your counselor/teachers note the various extenuating cirumstances which you mentioned in your previous posts.

Oh, and are you Black or Hispanic?

infectedmushroom

wow this is crazy, so many people have high GPAs. Now my school isn't uber-competitive or nationally recognized but I have a mere 3.63 and Im in the top 4% at my school. Before you cast it off as an inner city federal babysitting high school, I must say my SAT scores are quite competitive (800 club), I am in a very wealthy area of Ma., and our school gets a few Harvard acceptees each year. Saying that 60% of college students had a 3.8 or higher in HS is baffling to me. What kind of classes do these people take? I'm a hardworking student in all AP classes and I would be hardpressed to pull off these perfect 4.0s it seems like everyone and their grandmother has. Grades are just too subjective to be the "be-all-end-all".

candlize

Schools have many different ways of calculating GPAs these days, with weighing and unweighting, plus difficulty of classes also is a factor.
I'm of the opinion that merely giving a GPA number doesn't say much at all about one's performance at a particular school because it all has to be taken in context.

DHA_3000

exactly. Context. Im Hispanic. I have a 1410 (680 math, 740 Verb) and 800, 680, 680 SAT IIs. Also 5,4,4,4,4,3,3,3 on my APs. I am currently taking 6 and 2 college classes. Therefore by mid-year, my rank will prob be top 10 percent.

DHA_3000

oh, low income btw