<p>My school gives out a UW and W class rank</p>
<p>I am in the top 9% in W ranking but im only top 15% in the UW ranking.</p>
<p>Which one do colleges look at and what effect will this have on my application if i am applying to schools from 10-30 on the US World News rankings?</p>
<p>^ i was wondering the same question! better be on top10% on both GPAs!!</p>
<p>I’m sure colleges will care more about the weighted rank. They don’t care about students with 4.0’s but less difficult courses. And anyway, being in the top 15 UW is still a great achievement in and of itself. </p>
<p>To answer your question though, yes, the USNWR rankings do depend on UW GPA’s (yet another reason why those rankings are total bull shiit). I wouldn’t worry too much about it though. I’m sure most colleges wont be too hurt by having a 15% in its admitted class</p>
<p>Our school only ranks based on W gpa’s (how it should be) although I wish they would do away with it altogether as seems to be the trend. We have vast numbers of Validictorians!</p>
<p>thanks for the info guys
any further answers would be awesome :)</p>
<p>I think they’d look at both GPAs, but they’d also take your courseload into consideration. A person with say a 3.8 UW with many honors and AP classes would look better than a person with a 4.0 UW with none/very few honors and AP classes. Colleges like to see that you challenge yourself.</p>