<p>i noticed that a lot of colleges looks at the context of the highschool the applicant is from, or "compared to your peers" as some say. i was wondering does that mean if your gpa is a little bit low because you go to a rather competitive highschool that the college is going to give you a little bit of a leeway because they know that the courses in your school is more diffcult than other schools', or, are they going to dock you for it since you go to a good school so they expect you to just do better?
i.e. if person A and B had the same e.c. and sat scores, but
A has a 3.9 because he goes to a really competitive school and person B has a 4.0 because he goes to a school whose courses are less intense,
which person is the college going to choose?
annd what if a large percentage of your peers in the same competitive school do really good. is that going to hurt you? thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think what they mean when they say “context” is that they care more about rank than GPA.</p>