Do colleges even look at Weighted GPAs?

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<p>Well, I'm new to the Chancing Forum so I apologize if this question seems ignorant. As I was looking through some threads, it seemed as if not many people were posting Weighted GPAs (Unweighted only). Do colleges even look at Weighted GPAs? This seems unfair to a person, like myself, who has a decent Unweighted GPA (~3.75) and a high Weighted GPA (~4.60) as a direct result of only taking the most rigorous classes (Honors, AP, etc.). If they don't look at Weighted GPAs, colleges must look at one's course load, right? Any input would be much appreciated.</p>

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<p>They don’t really care about your weighted GPA. They look at a combination of your unweighted GPA and how rigorous your courseload is, all within the context of your school.</p>

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<p>How highly ranked would a school have to be to offset an average unweighted GPA (such as ~3.7)? My school appears within the Top 10 in Illinois. Or is this even a deciding factor for a school that doesn’t rank?</p>

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<p>Approximately where would you be ranked, if you were?</p>

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<p>If they look at class rank, that’s where weighted GPA comes in. Otherwise no.</p>

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<p>^^I’m not too sure, most likely top 5% if not higher.</p>

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<p>no.</p>

<p>my high school (among others) didn’t even weigh GPAs in the first place. so how can you compare weighted GPAs from school A to an unweighted GPA from school B?</p>

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<p>BUMP
I’m in a similar situation, and am interested in more input to the OP’s question.</p>

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<p>That is an interesting question, and we have had to deal with that issue heavily in our school district recently. Our county just completely changed the weighting and grading system, so there is no standard to compare the weighted GPA to (which is the only GPA that is given). My counselor said the schools usually look at GPAs in conjunction with course difficult in the context of the school. My school may be an exception though, as we do not rank students. I know that the better the school the more seriously your GPA is taken, at my school around the top 90 GPAs out of 450 end up going to ivies/MIT/Caltech/Stanford.</p>