A gpa bump?

bruinboy
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:56:52 +0000

there is no way in hell they can know which HIGH schools are good and which are crappy. For example, im assuming you go to Arcadia High School (a very good school). BUT, there are BETTER, TOUGHER high schools in california. So now what? Give arcadia apps an extra .11 pts and the better school an extra .14 pts??? What about schools perceived to be slightly worse than Arcadia? Its too subjective, but who knows what really goes on in the admissions committees. Everything you hear about “what colleges give extra pts to and how the committees “grade” an app” is here-say, because frankly nobody knows.

It’s the sad truth, but sometimes its better to go to a BS high school and get a 4.0 than go to somewhere like Arcadia and work your a** off and get a 3.5. However, your “Arcadia” education will help you in college because, for at least the first 2-3 quarters, you’ll have an advantage over ppl who took the easy HS way out (if they had a choice) in terms of study habits and test taking.