<p>4.0 is a 95%, so if a student has, let’s say, a 97% average on their transcript, that correlates to higher than a 4.0. Some schools, like mine, put a weight on AP and Honors classes for fairness, because a 4.0 to someone who works their ass off taking 5 APs and a 4.0 to someone who does the bare minimum but takes “automatic A” classes wouldn’t be fair. When colleges get transcripts at my school (which weights AP/Honors classes), there’s a note on the bottom about the weighting, and it is mentioned in the school report too, so I don’t think it’s an unfair advantage.</p>
<p>They also know that private schools have harder workloads than some public schools, so if your kid has a 3.7 and someone from a lesser-ranked public school has a 4.0, that’s basically the same thing.</p>