When do AP exam scores come in the mail?

brianv11
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:46:44 +0000

@Carmoniam:
“into places like Yale and (maybe) Northwestern require ABOVE 4.0 GPAs for your sophomore-senior years, and around 4.0 your freshman year. But then again, every kid who applies to those universities has the same 4.2 or whatever GPA, same super high SAT scores and whatever.”

The way you put this is a bit confusing. There are still a lot of public schools that don’t have weighted grades. For example, I can’t get a 4.2 cum GPA. I get straight A’s in all Honors and AP classes, but my GPA this year was only 4.0.

Personally, I think the better strategy is to take the most challenging classes you can handle and maintain good grades. You probably have a better chance at these colleges if you take very challenging classes and maybe get a B here and there than if you get 4.0’s without taking the most challenging classes you have. That’s my strategy anyhow.