<p>I go to a beachside school called cocoa beach jr/sr high school. Its an I.B school with some AP classes but having a 3.9 (weighted) and 3.5 (not weighted) wont cut it. I know all college confidentialer's have high gpas but we all know how many wierd people (people that dont care about college) there are in high school. So my problem is that theres ALMOST no people like this. Making our school ranked # 48 in the nation. My point is, when I apply to the USAFA will they realize it is hard to rank good at a #48/I.B/AP school?
THANK YOU!</p>
<p>reply someone you all are lazy =p !!!</p>
<p>If your school is truly difficult, colleges will know.</p>
<p>Also, you can "validate" your rank and your 3.5 with great SAT scores. </p>
<p>Colleges also receive a profile of the school, so they know how students in your school score on the SATs, etc. </p>
<p>Where did you get that rank of your school? I hope not from Newsweek.</p>
<p>If you do very well on your SAT IIs, it can balance out your low GPA.</p>
<p>yes newsweek is my source but in a way the rating has alot to do with scores so why not trust them?</p>
<p>because the newsweek rating is complete crap</p>
<p>because it is only about the number of APs and IBs people take. Not how many people actually pass it. My school was ranked lower, lower than even a "poor" school. But that school has the only IB program in our district so it got ranked higher. Our school actually has the highest passing rate for the AP exams so go figure... I believe those ranking can't really be trusted.</p>
<p>ok fine people I get to where youre at. Sristi your 100% right ib and ap has a big role in the rating. But still my school is good regardless of rank or media opnions. I know my peers in my school and there almost all smart. (basically SAT scores will average 2100-2200) so will this help my rating.? I need my question at the top awnsered?</p>
<p>I told you once kid, that ranking is a bunch of crap. It had my school at like 972, when we're one of the top public schools in the country. Its so erroneous, that we were ranked AHEAD of the IB School here. It didnt even do what it sought to. Cocoa Beach isn't exactly Stuyvesant.....</p>
<p>If your school has average scores that high, that will put you just below the elite Northeast prep schools, which would probably do a lot to absolve your 3.5 GPA. The Newsweek guide is crap (precisely because the colleges don't care about it - or even know about it - at all), but that doesn't mean that your school isn't good.</p>
<p>Like someone said above, if your SATs can validate your GPA, you should be good. Where are you considering applying, by the way?</p>
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<p>the average sat score at cocoa beach in 2004 was a shade over 1100. a good school, certainly, but lets not get carried away....</p>
<p>The ranking for colleges is completely bull*****...
Every year, the top 10 will always be the Ivy League.. AKA Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Yale, Princeton etc.</p>
<p>Every university is the same.. it just depends on what your standards are...</p>
<p>^ what was that? ^</p>
<p>Lol It seems that xcutioners completely missed the point of the discussion. They are talking about high school ranks not college ranks. Oh and Stanford isn't in the Ivy League but its an elite school nonetheless, just like MIT. And though all universities aren't the same, I'd agree that in terms of prestige even in general they are all very similer. Like coke and pepsi.</p>
<p>(Don't feel bad, it happens.)</p>
<p>I just feel like im at a disadvantage. oh well</p>