<p>Im going to be a senior in the fall and my gpa is currently a 3.21</p>
<p>I attend a very challenging private, college preparatory school, and i have taken AP and honors classes.</p>
<p>The schools I plan on applying to are:
Michigan State
Marquette
Grand Valley
Central Michigan</p>
<p>My question is when colleges are reviewing my application and they see that my gpa is somewhat lacking are they lenient at all since i attended such a difficult school? I have also heard a rumor that colleges add points to your high school gpa while reviewing your application, depending on your situation?</p>
<p>Can someone please try to answer my questions and clear this up for me</p>
<p>Colleges will review your transcript in the context of your school.</p>
<p>Along with your transcript, they will get the secondary school report from your guidance counselor or principal. Among other things, this form will report whether your course of study was demanding or slacker-y, compared to other students in your school. They will also get a school profile, which includes (among other things) a distribution of grades in your class, information about the post-graduation plans of recent graduating classes, names of colleges often attended by graduates of your school, so that admissions officers can better understand the school that you come from.</p>
<p>They will look at all of these things–the transcript, the secondary school report (which says information about you), and the school profile (which says information about the school)–plus standardized test scores, ECs, etc., when they evaluate your application.</p>
<p>They probably won’t exactly “add points” if your school is demanding or your situation is somehow unusual, but they will know it so they can evaluate you in context.</p>