How do people with low GPA's get into IVY??

Ach7DD
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:54:52 +0000

@halcyon:
Usually if there is a huge disparity between standardized tests and class grades, then it means the schools grades may be inflated or deflated.

For example, if about 90% of an AP course achieves As for class grades, but more than half of the class fails the AP exam and the rest gets 3s and a few 4s and 5s, then the grades at that class are likely inflated, and vice-versa. Though, a 3.98 at fourth does not seem to be inflated, especially if one or more of those three are not taking heavy schedules. Albeit I think you should have used percentages instead of a number, as there is a huge difference in being 4 of 80 and 4 of 800.

To tell the truth, it’s sort of difficult to tell whether schools have grade inflation or not, which is why adcoms also look at your standardized tests and class rank (and since some schools are more competitive than others while some do not report rank, this is another can of worms.)