<p>Adcoms also have to look at the actual classes taken and not just the reputation of the hs. Some students pad that higher GPA by taking “soft subjects” instead academically challenging courses. </p>
<p>There is a lot of massaging of a hs transcript and application packet that an adcom has to do. This is why an admissions dept. can’t just plug the GPA and SAT scores into a computer program to come up with a list of eligible candidates.</p>