@collegemom3717 Well…85 is considered a high GPA and most schools give admiration certificate to those who get such GPA but there are plenty of people who get way higher in my school but they aren’t applying to US colleges this year so I’m not that worried about my own classmates. What I’m worried about is other schools, they have easier school syllabus than mine and they can easily get GPA’s in the neighborhood of 95-99. As I said in additional info students who are in top 3 in other schools get admitted after 3 examinations and I was #1 in my previous school. When I was admitted 7000 people gave the exams and around 2% were admitted. A student with 75+ GPA in my school can compete with a student with 90+ GPA in other schools. I know SAT scores can distinguish the difference between such students but is there any way that me or my recommendation writers can inform colleges about this without weakening my application?