Which is better? Most rigorous or higher GPA?

parentologist
Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:06:01 +0000

I saw kids with high GPAs and less rigorous courses get honors and merit at flagship state U’s, as if the schools were clueless about the difference in the courses. I think that if one is aiming for top private schools, it would be different. My youngest kid in 11th, has had to dial back a little on the AP rigor because he spends so many hours on his EC (at the highest level possible in the country). We’re hoping that colleges will recognize that one cannot compete at such a level in an EC while taking 5 AP classes, but we may find out the hard way that he’s boxed himself out of the top schools.