<p>^That’s what GPA distribution charts are for. And GCs will usually comment if you had a particularly difficult teacher (one math teacher at my school is infamous for meriting a mention in the GC rec).</p>
<p>What I’ve heard about “crappy schools” and GPAs is that often students get a 4.0, are top-ranked, and still grossly unprepared for college.</p>
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That’s a terrible reason to take any course. Someone who takes 7 AP classes is not somehow automatically better-prepared for college than someone who takes 6 AP classes.</p>