Sat-GPA Disconnect

MommaJ
Sat, 24 May 2008 16:17:46 +0000

nyc, That method would be useful only if the student knew all the schools he/she was applying to before June of junior year, because any added after that time would receive all the scores. Hats off to any kid who is that well prepared, but my daughter and most of her peers are still quite at sea about where to apply at this point in the process.

With regards to class rankings–we live in a small city, and our high school is a very mixed bag. A large number are not college bound, another large number are cc bound. The school does rankings on the basis of weighted grades, so my daughter’s GPA easily puts her in the top 10% of her class (remember, it is B++ level unweighted.) In a select private school, I’m sure she’d fall out of the top 25%. Bottom line, I’m sure GPA’s and rankings are not viewed absolutely; the nature of the school is taken into account.