@“Dean J” That’s right. That is why I asked if it is weighted or umweighted. I took 9 AP courses in high school and had over 3.75 weighted but unweighted GPA was pretty terrible which is probably why I got rejected to second tier colleges despite high SAT and solid EC activities. I don’t know if it’s because I’m more knowledgeable in public college admissions but I came to appreciate high GPA regardless of the rigor. Admissions always emphasize what you just said but the truth is, there are plenty of students still taking advantage of easy courses to breeze through and get high GPA just because it looks good and it works, which probably isn’t true for top private universities but it’s still something of an importance.
It seems like you assumed that I was speaking only in terms of GPA; I was not. Only thing I needed to know was whether GPA was weighted or unweighted since everything else is written there. Therefore it is given that I took them into account. I asked that because, like I previously mentioned, I have experience with many AP courses. This student is saying all courses are either honors or AP which means there could be a high difference between unweighted or weighted. Honestly, that was just a precautionary advice in a form of a question. This student is overqualified for UVA otherwise and s/he is more than likely to know that. I appreciate the advice though!