unfair grades and low GPA

hillia
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:12:40 +0000

hi everyone, this is my first time posting here ( I don’t know why i said that). Anyway, I’m a junior in Iran right now, the best school in the state and the #4 school in the country ( we have the highest college acceptance rate), and our school keeps it’s reputation by putting the students to EXTREMELY HARD coursework and exams. We learn at least 3 times as much as the average school. Enough with the complaining, because of the school’s system I don’t have stellar grades and all. there are Bs, and even a stupid little D on my report card (I am only imagining how my grades will convert into the American system). How negatively do you think this will all effect my chances of getting into the top colleges? My GPA should be somewhere around 3.8 right now. do you think schools will be sensitive to the pressures of my current high school? also, if i were to attend a high school in America next year and take about 6 AP courses, gain As in all of them, and take some SAT subject tests as well, do you think it will open the admission committee’s eyes to the immense workload i had in Iran?