<p>At the end of Junior year, my GPA will stand at 4.43 and unweighted at 4.0, at the end of 1st semester senior year, if I get all A’s (most likely) then my GPA will be 4.61. Will this negatively affect any EA or ED applications I send or will colleges just see that my GPA will be much higher in another semester. I don’t want to apply to a school EA or ED with a disadvantage that I could easily fix by just waiting 2 months.</p>
<p>WGPA doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>So it wouldn’t really be a disadvantage in Early Admissions, I know that colleges recalculate GPA so then would the extra grades for 1st semester really provide a significant boost.</p>
<p>Not really. You’re in the same position most EA applicants to the top universities are – most people’s GPA goes up with more classes. So? Colleges are probably aware of this.</p>
<p>And even if they weren’t, it’s not an issue. It’d only matter if your rank moves up in a semester, in which case it could make a difference. If, however, your rank is pretty set, then go ahead and apply EA.</p>
<p>would a rank increase from say 4 to tied for 3 be a considerable difference, that is what may happen to me this coming year.</p>
<p>Weighted GPA doesn’t matter. Course rigor does, but not the .2 difference in WGPA. A .2 difference in UWGPA is a different matter.</p>
<p>^Colleges look at weighted ranks though?</p>
<p>Rank is what matters. If you can get into the top 2, wait.</p>
<p>You already have all A’s and I’m assuming a rigorous courseload, and colleges where you apply EA and ED will see your schedule for your senior year anyways. Having a rank of 3 or 2 as opposed to a 4 or a WGPA of 4.6 instead of 4.4 means nothing when you’re transcript is already as good as it is. And honestly, this question is about as ridiculous as people asking if they need to retake 2300s.</p>
<p>The above is completely incorrect. The top colleges all report percentages of vals and sals, it absolutely makes a difference.</p>
<p>The reason the percentage of vals and sals is so high is because they’re more likely to have other qualities that make them attractive to admissions. Similar to how people 2400 SAT scores have a higher admittance rate than people with 2100s. Like in a lot of cases, the difference between a 4 and a 2 could be that someone decided to take a classes that’s not weighted, or got a B in gym, things that don’t really matter.</p>
<p>@Redroses, is being a valedictorian or salutatorian thaaat important, for me at least I can’t really change my rank at this point, and never really had a shot at valedictorian anyways (the val in our school is a year ahead in Math and his Language so it would be suicide to try and catch up to that). I always thought that being in the top 5 is good enough, that is as long as the school is competitive and rigorous, which I think mine is. So again, a bump between 3 and 4 IS NOT that big of a deal correct.</p>
<p>And yes I have straight A’s for everything else, and will have 12 AP’s by end of senior year, so rigor is not a question.</p>