<p>Well, the thing is my school doesn’t offer alot of APs. For several honors classes, besides the ones I’m already taking, you have to finish the pre-reqs or take a test to enter the course, I didn’t pass one. Sometimes to take a higher level of a class, you need a recommendation. And that, that is the problem.</p>
<p>most colleges will not want weighted GPA’s…they will figure them on a 4.0 scale 3.8 on a 4.0 scale is pretty good and will get you in to many good schools… it is the scholarships that you will lose that will hurt you.
with two C’s you might lose honors? I know we can’t get below a B to get honors but every school is different.</p>
<p>Our school has honor classes, AP classes and duel credit classes and all are worth only an A 4.0…</p>
<p>with a 3.8 at our school (not sure if you would be 3.8 if you have weighted classes it might be lower) but you would probably not be in the top 10% but maybe the top 15 or 20%?</p>
<p>and I’d assume an international would need around a GPA of 3.99 even to have a mediocre chance at the top-tiers…</p>
<p>I understand this thread is old, but I would like to add information for anyone reading it as it’s pretty high up in a Google search. And let me begin by saying that I will not disclose the colleges I worked at or attended/currently attend.</p>
<p>However, I would like to say that some of the information here is a bit rough. As someone in Ivy league, and someone who worked with college admissions, I would like to say that 3.8 can be a very good GPA.</p>
<p>And, any college administration that says 10 APs is the average is either misspeaking, or trying to conceal something.</p>
<p>Before I go on, I should state my background. I am someone who graduated high school in 2003, went to a top college, graduate school, and is back in college now (Ivy league) for another degree. Also, I was on faculty at a college as well as working in admissions (last year), so my information is not out-of-date. In fact it’s newer than what is written here.</p>
<p>As posted above, a 3.8 can be a very good GPA. It really does depend on the courses you took during school, the level they were at, and how well you succeeded in them. Most high schools in the country do not even offer ten AP courses in all four years. So if you have taken none, you can still get into school. However, for the colleges the student listed here, at least taking AP exams would be a start. If you think you may have misread that sentence, let me continue. You can take AP exams without taking AP courses and still get the college credit! Also, admissions, if possible, takes into account the statistics on your high school as well. For instance, I graduated high school with around a 3.75, and was 11th in a class of 200. That is a slightly larger than normal high school class, with relatively few students getting above 3.7.</p>
<p>Students from my school with 3.8 and above all went to the top five or ten schools in the country. Some went to liberal arts, the two best in the country, and others went to Ivy league. The most AP classes anyone took was four, and did not score a five on every exam. Since the school appeared to give harsher grades, it was taken into account.</p>
<p>I just want to point this out so that you know there are other factors than grades involved in admissions decisions. In fact, right now it really is about who is more interesting. Who will add to the community? Who will bring value to the school? If a student with a 3.4 shows more promise than one with a 3.8, we’re more likely to take the 3.4. How do we decide this? It’s through a mix of activities, essays, and recommendations.</p>
<p>For activities: Try many things! Focus is great, but many students change their focus in college anyway. It’s okay to experiment beforehand! And even better, feel free to explain that in your essay. If we see that you played three sports, played in the band, worked a job, volunteered, and more, we think two things: 1. This person can handle a lot! 2. Is he going to be able to focus on his degree? With that said, I should point out that applying to college as ‘undecided’ is perfectly fine. Many top schools have started (or continue) to require it anyway.</p>
<p>For recommendations: Get people that actually know you and can vouch for you to write them. An admissions officer can read between the lines. It’s what the job is all about. As an aside, this also goes for your application. If your major requires an interview (which most but not all do), know that anything you put on your application can come up during it. It’s like applying for a job. You don’t get a second chance at a first impression. No fluff!</p>
<p>As college admissions tend to have differences beyond these basics, I’ll leave it at this. Only the meanest admissions officers expect a high school student to be planning college from the first day of 9th grade. And this has no correlation with which are the hardest to get into. Your 1st and 2nd choice may be looking for someone just like you. Work hard, and make sure to show the admissions team exactly who you are through your application.</p>
<p>if ur friends have 4.3s, then im guessing ur in all regular classes. in that case then chances at duke are slim, not sure bout the others</p>
<p>edit: wait how can you have a 3.8 with 2 Cs…
edit2: even with 2 Cs and all As(4.0) you’d have a 3.4 uw. you;d need 4.0 uw the next three years to get around a 3.8 uw</p>
<p>It all depends what courses (AP’s) are offered at your school and the class rank is arguably more important than GPA, because it is very unstandardized. At my school, a 3.8 will get you in the top 10%, but at other high schools, it will not. All depends on your situation.</p>
I have a question and a request well im a sophomore i have a gpa of 3.8 but i really want a gpa of 4.3 and above and im in semester 2 and im taking ap chem apush japanese hon precalc photography/computergraphics honenglish2 so how do get there i got slighlty pooped sem 1 thats y my gpa is 3.8 and my grades in apush arent the best this quarter but i can pull them up due to the sem avg stuff and quarter 4 but what action does anyone suggest ?
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