GPA between good or average high schools

J_adoube
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:58:18 +0000

Admission committees have representatives for each region. There usually is someone that is familiar with your school district and knows the reputation of each school (hopefully) and if they don’t know will ask. Grading varies from district to district, school to school, public to private, etc. so when they see your GPA they are comparing it within your school. What’s important is the level of the classes you take (rigor). It’s not the same to get all A’s in regular classes than to get all A’s in Honors, AP, or IB. Also not all schools use the same system for weighing.