Weighted GPA?

rdeng2614
Tue, 05 May 2015 03:50:16 +0000

They handle it by looking at the other people applying from your school. If nobody else applied from your schools, they’d probably request a list and try to figure out your ranking among your peers. Like you said, GPA fluctuates greatly from school to school, so they look at the people from your school first. They also look at SAT/ACT, standardized test scores which can give a rough estimate on how you compare to the other test-takers in the nation.

I could have a 3.0 GPA, but if I’m #1 out of 2000 at a top 10 nationally ranked US high school and have a 2400 SAT that doesn’t take away anything from my academic capability.

GPA by itself is meaningless unless you have some context.