<p>Hi, am I the only one who feels that GPA should not be counted in college admission?</p>
<p>And I really dont get how standardized scores (SAT,AP, IB, ACT) are not bigger factor than GPA…</p>
<p>GPA is so different from all around high schools so everyone is evaluated in different scales.</p>
<p>There are so many discrepancies between rigor of each class in high school. Some high schools easily give out As and some high schools hardly give out As…</p>
<p>In my case, I received A in my psychology class, but only received B in math. There are 40 other students with A in psychology class because teacher literally gives out free As when one does homework. However my math teacher gives out such hard tests every week and it is literally impossible to get As. The math class’s highest grade is only B… (nobody gets A)</p>
<p>And this is so stupid and unfair. I work 10000000x harder in math than psychology (and better in math) but gets lower grades on my transcript?</p>
<p>College admission officers say that they will understand student in context of school. But they fail to consider difficulty of each classes and teachers. So many students who deliberately takes easy classes with easy teachers always top GPA in my school. And colleges have no idea about this… all they care is if an applicant is in top 10%, 25%, 50%…</p>
<p>Looking at other example, I received B+ in physics class because the teacher doesnt like how I dont talk in class and gives me F for my participation grade… Another student who does talk a lot received A because he does ok on tests but he gets perfect grade on participation… But in SAT 2 physics test, I received 800 and he got 650… But for colleges that value GPA (probably all colleges), he is better than me in physics because he got an A? (lol…)</p>
<p>Seriously… why do colleges value GPA more than SAT???</p>
<p>If so, how is GPA standardized… Student with As in math class with 500 on math 2 is better mathematician than a student with Cs in math class with 800 on math 2?</p>
<p>Sorry for whining, but GPA really ****es me off…</p>