<p>Does a GPA of 95 (culmlative) but 98.5 with out freshmen grades weighted elimate chances at any of the following schools:</p>
<p>UPenn
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Berkeley
Stanford
Duke</p>
<p>I know it is not enough info but with that GPA are any of these schools impossible to be admitted to.</p>
<p>It depends from where. If it’s an average public school and you’re not in the top 2 or 3, it won’t help. It’s not about GPA, it’s about rank and how comopetitive your school is.</p>
<p>my school does not rank
its a jesuit school in the north shore suburbs of chicago
not the top of my class though</p>
<p>well are any impossible with that GPA</p>
<p>we cant tell jsut from that. give us more info. sat scores, ecs.</p>
<p>I am a white male from the north shore of chicago suburbs.
I am in a catholic jesuit highschool in wilmette, IL.
I also moved from one honors course to 6 (my one non honors is a class I am in a year ahead of my grade).
I am in the dumbach scholars honors program.
I have gotten 2 first honors and 4 scholars honors awards.
I have over 200 service hours.
I am a leader in my school’s amnesty international program.
I started a fund raising art show that raises money for a school in Africa.
I started and planned a service trip to honduras.
I am on the sailing team and am in the medical club.
I am, by senior year, goin to either complete 4 or 5 AP classes.
I am in my schools integrated science program.
I am in the highest math possible.
I participated in lead america’s 10 day medical program.
I volunteer at northwestern memorial hospital in chicago.
I am also thinking about working for a cancer research center
I might take a six week bio course at a college next summer.</p>
<p>I also think I could get great recs and could have compelling essays</p>
<p>(oh and my hook could be a book i have been working on that i am thinking of publishing).</p>
<p>I have not taken my tests
I will take prep classes and get a lot of books
but I am not expecting amazing test scores</p>
<p>I hate the out of 100 system! It makes manipulating the ranks so much easier! IMO, 4.0 sys is much better.</p>
<p>I know I wish I had a 4 point scale grade
but are any ruled out with my current stats?</p>
<p>No. Don’t be an idiot.</p>
<p>100 system is by far better…4.0 system is completely unfair. One person’s A could be completely different from another</p>
<p>Weighting in a 100 system blows though. At my school, college level coursework is weighted 1.07. That is, a 100 in a college class gets averaged in as a 107 a 90 in a college class is averaged in as 96.3 an 80, 85.6 ect. In a 4.0 system, where an AP is 5.0, this would equate to a 120 on the 100 system. Also, its very easy to get into a deficit in the 100 system. One low grade in an UW class basically screws you for life with ranking.</p>
<p>“Weighting in a 100 system blows though. At my school, college level coursework is weighted 1.07. That is, a 100 in a college class gets averaged in as a 107 a 90 in a college class is averaged in as 96.3 an 80, 85.6 ect. In a 4.0 system, where an AP is 5.0, this would equate to a 120 on the 100 system”</p>
<p>… So what you’re trying to say is that the 4.0 scale is better because it further inflates high school grades?</p>
<p>Jack, colleges aproximate a rank for you when your school doesn’t rank. Schools send profiles of themselves which often tell grade distribution. If you are not in the top 1-3 in your class, unless your school is very competitive (average SAT 1350 old plus, sends more than 25% to top colleges) those schools are big reaches. You are competing with kids who were in AP calc freshman year.</p>
<p>You are also white from an over represented state. Without a hook, that means your stats need to be at or above the 75% which means with a 2300 plus if your rank is good you have a lottery ticket.</p>
<p>“… So what you’re trying to say is that the 4.0 scale is better because it further inflates high school grades?”</p>
<p>Well, our val is in no extra classes and isn’t taking many advanced courses… No, I could care less about the grade per se, more the ranking with the 100 system, too easy to manipulate.</p>
<p>whats your unweighted gpa?</p>
<p>well if that is weighted
then i dont think u have much of a chance
but if thats unweighted
then totally, yes u can</p>