Which of these counts the most for admissions?

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<p>Since everyone here loves ranking things…
Could you guys rank the following things from greatest to least in terms of factors of admission:</p>

<p>SATII Scores
AP/IB Scores
GC Recomondation
Unweighted GPA (not rankings mind you)
Interviews
Demonstrated Interest
Senior Year Grades
Freshman Year Grades</p>

<p>thank you
EDIT: also the number of times the SAT is taken
this is meant for in general terms</p>

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<p>Unweighted GPA
SAT II Scores
GC Recommendation
Senior Year Grades
AP/IB Scores</p>

<p>Interviews</p>

<p>Freshman Year Grades</p>

<p>Demonstrated Interest</p>

<p>I assumed that all of these stats were of equal caliber, so to say if you had a horrible freshman year that would just not work in your favor. Also, I am of the opinion that demonstrated interest in bogus, but yeah…</p>

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<p>Depends on the school.</p>

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<p>Demonstrated interest isn’t bogus. At some schools (Cornell for one, I’m pretty sure) they even give you “points” for every time you do a tour, e-mail, whatever and weigh that in. Besides, ED/EA are considered “interests” as well.</p>

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<p>If you look up the common data set for the schools you are interested in attending, the top 2 are:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Unweighted GPA including senior grades (if you are not continuing your upward trend you are shooting yourself in the foot)</p></li>
<li><p>If your school ranks, Ranking.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Ok, so which of the lesser important things listed means the most?</p>

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<p>At the top schools, what sybbie said holds true.</p>

<p>After that, I’d probably say AP/IB. Not the test scores themselves, but the classes. Those classes tend to be the most challenging available in most high schools, and the more you’ve taken the better.</p>

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<p>GoldShadow makes an important point here.</p>

<p>It’s not just the grades you get, it’s what courses you get them in. Top schools want to see that you have taken a challenging, demanding academic curriculum. AP or IB courses are examples of the kinds of rigorous courses they want you to have taken, but other rigorous courses also count.</p>

<p>A 4.0 unweighted GPA earned by a student who takes only four academic courses per year, with only some of them at the honors/AP/IB level, does not look as good as a slightly lower unweighted GPA earned by someone who took five or more honors/AP/IB academic courses per year (or the most rigorous curriculum available at the student’s high school, even if it isn’t quite that high-level).</p>

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<p>Depends on the school! From what I’ve been hereing touring and visiting different places, there are different approaches all over.</p>

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<p>Taken from another thread posted by a knowledgeable parent. Hope it helps.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/7CA6BEAA-90C5-4357-A498-FB0566564D71/0/06SOCA_Chapter4.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/7CA6BEAA-90C5-4357-A498-FB0566564D71/0/06SOCA_Chapter4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So I know you’re interested in UChi, so take a look at this page under Admission Policies and Factors.</p>

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