Difficulty of High School

Applying to College
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<p>How much of a role does the strength of your high school play in college admissions? Obviously a person with a 4.0 will not be exactly equal to someone else at a different school with a 4.0. </p>

<p>What determines whether a school is difficult? </p>

<p>I do not know whether my school would me considered a hard school. We have an API score of ~800. California state rank of 9/10. However we barely send any people to competitive schools, (last year had 2 UCB, 5 UCLA, 1 WUSTL) out of 500+ students. I always thought my school was rather easy because I have a rather high GPA and low SAT, but after doing some research our API score is pretty strong compared to other schools around here.</p>

<p>Anyone got any ideas?</p>

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<p>difficulty/competitiveness = ..........</p>

<p>avg. SAT/ACT score
% of students going to a 4 yr. college or uni.</p>

<h1>of AP classes ( not always a good indicator though)</h1>

<p>% of students going to ivies and Top tier school</p>

<p>these are just a few. also, your school must be pretty good if it is ranked 9/10....that's almost perfect.</p>

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<p>ap scores...</p>