How does everyone have a 4.0...

guitars101
Wed, 21 May 2008 21:16:06 +0000

Students can’t compare themselves to each other here on CC. All students are viewed equally because the high school “profile” is sent along with a students transcripts. We have a personal friend who is an interviewer for a top 10 school and he told us that a student with a lower gpa/sat that comes from a school where the “profile” is lower will be scored the same as a student that has a higher gpa/sat that came from a school with a higher “profile”. A student cannot be viewed in a negative light because his/her school doesn’t offer IB or Ap’s. The median income is also on this profile. So that students who come from a lower income school don’t get jeopardized for not being able to afford prep courses etc.

It’s all fair in the end. The BIG question is “What are adcoms looking for at the time they review your file?” or Do they want more medical students or more history majors? Do they want more females or males. You just don’t know what they want at the time they review your file.