<p>Flebor - Who exactly did you speak to? There are many people who make the admissions decisions, not just one person.</p>
<p>I have done work with admissions before. GPA is taken into consideration just as much as tough courses. I know people who have done one of the harder IB programs in VA and had a a 3.4-ish and got rejected. Likewise, I know people who had a 3.8 but not too many AP courses and got rejected as well. Tough courses don’t mean a thing if you don’t do well in them.</p>
<p>Also, someone very close to me almost got his admission rescinded last year because she got 2 Cs as his final grades. He didn’t slack off at all, but they were extremely difficult classes for him.</p>