<p>If so, what kind (like percentages, a difference scale, etc)? And if not, what are your opinions on how colleges view it? Would it hurt you?</p>
<p>Thank youuuuu!</p>
<p>Andover does not rank or calculate a cumulative GPA. However, they do calculate a straight average (not weighted) GPA based on the 0-6 grading system for each term. It is rounded to the nearest 1/2 point. Since the profile provided to colleges includes a term GPA histogram an admissions officer could average the student’s individual GPAs and compare it to the graph to come up with a rough approximation of his/her placement in the class if necessary.</p>
<p>Without data on each individual student’s attributes (including those sometimes referred to as “hooks”) it’s hard to say precisely how GPA factored into individual admissions decisions. However, it’s clear that all but the students in the lower reaches of the pool are considered viable candidates for most universities. Last year I took Andover’s matriculation table and compared it to the USNWR rankings (hardly a definitive document but one that most people recognize). Two-thirds of the class of '09 enrolled in schools that were in the top 25 of either the “national university” or “liberal arts college” lists. Virtually all are attending schools in the top 75 or so on each list.</p>
<p>So, while there is the perpetual debate whether BS helps or hurts in gaining Ivy League admissions - 36% of the class went to Ivy+SM but there is no way to know if that number would have been higher or lower had those same students gone to public or local day schools - it is clear that a lot of outstanding colleges hold an Andover (or Exeter, Choate, Groton, etc.) degree in high regard.</p>
<p>Colleges are still sent a complete transcript. While a BS may not calculate GPA, the college can do their own math.</p>
<p>The colleges can calculate a GPA, but then they evaluate it within the context of your program. A 3.4/4.0 student may still be a decent Ivy candidate, for instance, and likely will have choices between very strong LACs if they desire. If colleges had calculated my GPA and not considered the context, I would not have gotten into many of the schools I applied to. What I keep telling students going through the process is that many colleges care more about the transcript than the numerical GPA.</p>
<p>My son just finished his Third form at Choate. Choate doesn’t emphasize GPA’s, so I am wondering where he fits relative to those who get admitted to Ivy League schools. He has a 3.6 GPA for the year, having taken Honors Physics and Geometry. Assuming he continues to take honors and AP classes, and notwithstanding the other factors schools consider, is a GPA in excess of 3.5 from a school like Choate considered IVY league caliber?</p>