<p>My high school is not a good school that in the recent 10 years only two students got into Harvard and MIT. Nobody is admitted to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown… any good universities like these. The grading system in my school is weird and strict. It takes average of all my grades first. Only those whose average is above 95 can get 4.0 gpa. But many teacher are so strict that they do not give high grades. For instance, a student asked his English teacher why his essay was only 85, but the teacher said 85 was extremely high compare to his classmates’ scores. Some teachers never give high grade for students’ daily performance. The top student can only get 90, which is 3.5 gpa or even less in some of their classes. And the school rule stipulates that teachers cannot give their students 100 grade. The school also does not rank. I feel I cannot get admitted to any good colleges as long as I stay in this school. Colleges may know my school’s grading system, but I do not think colleges are able to know every situation in my school. What should I do?</p>
<p>How do students typically do on the SAT/ACT? If the school overall does reasonable well on those tests(or even if just you do) it’ll show colleges that your school has grade deflation.</p>
<p>I think the average sat is around 1560. But if only I did well on sat, the colleges may think I am a good test taker. Low gpa but high sat is not a good sign for a student.</p>