<p>on their brochure it says like 70% or so of admitted students have a GPA of 4.0 or higher. is this unweighted? if it is (which im hoping it isnt)...WOW!</p>
<p>Definitely unweighted since you can't have a GPA over 4.0 anyway and that would imply 70% of their students got straight A's all throughout high school (very unlikely). </p>
<p>Also don't forget that class rank far outweighs unweighted and weighted GPA's since those can be relative to the difficulty of school. A better gauge would be what % of students are in top 10, top 5 %, etc.</p>
<p>lebron, do you mean weighted?</p>
<p>If students admitted are noted to have 4.0 OR GREATER...the only way you can have a higher GPA than 4.0 is to have it weighted.</p>
<p>Almost 50% of admitted students were in the top 1-2% of their graduating class. That statistic should scare you more.</p>
<p>Well, that depends if the class rank is weighted. Most high schools rank based on weights. I wish colleges would be more specific in providing whether grades/rank are weighted or not when they give out these type of statistics.</p>
<p>At my school you can get a 4.3 unweighted since A+'s count as a 4.3. Some other school's may be similar.</p>
<p>Yeah, 4.33 seems to be the most common full unweighted score after a 4.0 for U.S. school systems. The 70% could very well be for unweighted grades. I would actually be very discouraged if it turns out that only 70% of students at Stanford can manage higher than a 4.0 in weighted grades. That would be horrible!</p>
<p>My school doesn't rank students.</p>
<p>Could that affect my negatively when I apply in the fall?</p>
<p>thx everyone for your responses...im going to email a rep and post here when she gives me the answer</p>