<p>For example, is a 3.0 unweighted GPA with a load of honors courses better than a 3.9 or 4.0 unweighted without a single honors course?</p>
<p>I understand colleges look at them separately, but which one is more important to colleges?</p>
<p>Ime, they look at gpa in the context of classes taken- not entirely separately. If this is a real concern, it helps to look at your gpa with only solids and how strong performance was in the spcific courses related to your possible major. And, see how your GC and LoRs will back you.</p>