Weighted vs unweighted vs UC GPA

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Hi CC,

This is my first post on CC, not sure if I’m putting this in the right place…

I’m going to be a high school senior (class of 2017). This past year, I took 6 AP classes and got my first B in high school. My unweighted GPA went from a 4.0 down to a 3.9744, dropping my class rank in that category from 1 to 46. I go to a typical US public school, class size around 670 kids. I’ve taken 8 AP courses overall and taking 5 more this upcoming year. My weighted GPA is 4.3846 and my class rank for that is 4 and my UC GPA is 4.6818, class rank 2. The rank 46 makes me look really bad and I was just wondering if colleges are going to look at that very closely compared to my UC or weighted GPA and rank.

Thank you!!

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UC’s do no consider rank other than for UC ELC Eligibility (top 9% of your HS Class or State). Also most UC’s use the capped weighted UC GPA not the uncapped weighted (only UCB/UCLA). You will not be rejected from any UC for having 1 B.

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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@Gumbymom Thank you!! That makes me feel a lot better. What about privates? Like Harvey Mudd? Or Pomona?

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You can look up the common data set for each school of interest. Look at section C7 to see if class rank is considered or not. Here is a link for Pomona College: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/cds-2015-2016.pdf