<p>So I currently have UW/W 3.8/4.6 as a freshman. This is not too horrible but deep down I know I get no chance if it stay like this. I am here to ask if anyone ever get into top 10 of class rank even without straight A’s ? My school system use both uw/w for ranking so that why I am asking.</p>
<p>You can ask your counselor what is the top 10% gpa. It’s not usually published but if you or your parents ask, the counselor should tell you so you can guage your own rank. </p>
<p>A 3.8 unweighted GPA is high enough for any college (meaning you won’t get rejected from anywhere because your GPA is too low). You should have a high class rank (ideally top 10%) and take the most challenging classes possible in addition to getting good grades. Colleges don’t really look at weighted GPA because all high schools weight grades differently. </p>
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A school where everyone in the top ten has a 4.0 unweighted GPA probably has a lot of grade inflation. </p>
<p>Our top 15-20 have 4.0 UWGPAs… </p>
<p>I smell some… GRADE INFLATION!</p>
<p>Well, it’s not hard to have a 4.0 UWGPA if all you do is taking easy regular classes with no honor/ib/ap.</p>
<p>My school’s top 10 students in my grade generally have lower than a 4.5 weighted, 3.9 unweighted, myself included. Although, I also go to a really small school so it’s not a good example.</p>
<p>My school does not weight, and nobody in my class of ~250 has a 4.0, so yes, you can be in the top ten without a 4.0. Welcome to the world of grade deflation.</p>
<p>What your grades mean depends entirely on the amount of grade inflation at your school. </p>
<p>“My school system use both uw/w for ranking” Can you explain how that system works?</p>
<p>I am ranked 7th and I have 4 Bs right now. I believe there’s over 450 people in my class. </p>
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With a 4.6 after freshman year, op probably doesn’t have to worry about grade deflation.</p>
<p>I wish class rank would be abolished all together. While it doesn’t necessarily apply to me, I don’t like to see certain students who may be bright but don’t have the resources of certain other students that gives them the “edge”. I think it should be based on your GPA alone… worth shouldn’t be dictated by the performance of your peers…</p>
<p>It’s possible. I know that the top 6th girl in my grade has a 4.0 Not too sure what it is below. Our weighted grades are very inflated, I think the valedictorian last year had something like a 4.7. We have about 350 in our class. With a 3.7 unweighted, I’m only in the 23%.</p>
<p>Once you get in the 3.8-4.0 range though, as the first poster said, you aren’t really going to be declined anywhere on the grounds that your gpa is lacking.</p>
<p>It really depends on your school. The number two ranked person in my grade has 2 Bs</p>
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The main reason for having class rank is that it helps colleges determine how much grade inflation your school has. For example, normally a 3.5 unweighted GPA would be too low for top schools, but if you had a really high class rank colleges would see that your school was unusually challenging. </p>
<p>I’m ranked 25th with a UW 3.67 and W 4.05 … out of 209</p>
<p>Just to clear up, my school use both unweighted and weighted gpa to calculate class rank.
And normal class is 4, honor is 5, AP/IB is 6 gpa.</p>