<p>I have no idea how heavily Iowa weighs difficulty of school, but I imagine they know the suburban schools very well and take this into account, since so many Iowa students come from those schools. They probably can (and quite possible do) normalize your GPA. So I’d guess this might help, especially if that was unweighted GPA. Good that you plan to take the ACT again. I can tell you that my D scored very differently on the ACT vs SAT, so she is glad she took both. Good luck!</p>