Do Colleges REALLY Re-weight GPAs?

hamptomjp
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:10:36 +0000

Unfortunately, at my children’s school (80 students per class), students with non rigorous schedules are highly ranked, while students with the rigorous courses are pushed out of the top twenty percent. Will highly selective colleges even look at these top students, considering they are not highly ranked? Many students and their parents felt it best to avoid difficult classes in favor of class rank. This course of action, I assume, would nearly guarantee a pass at being looked at by highly selective schools. Unfortunately, I think this action is also preventing our best and brightest from being considered. The schools Board of Trustees refuses to allowing weighting of accelerated and AP courses. Thoughts?