<p>And what exactly is the difference?</p>
<p>They see both. Weighted is the extra points added from taking honors, AP, IB, etc. classes. Unweighted is without. Some schools only do one or the other. West Point converts GPAs to their own scale anyhow, so don’t worry if your school only gives a weighted or unweighted.</p>
<p>Like my unweighted isn’t much to be desired. Its like a low 80ish but im taking pre ap everything except for basketball, jrotc, and ap human geo. So my weighted will be good but idk about the other one.</p>
<p>FYI…they look at MUCH more than just your GPA. Take a look at the profile of the class of 2016 below. Most kids getting in are ‘heavy hitters’…high standardized test scores, lots of leadership, athletics and community involvement. GPA is a very important piece of the pie…but just one of the important pieces.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/Shared%20Documents/Profile2016.pdf[/url]”>http://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/Shared%20Documents/Profile2016.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Taben is absolutely right. Because of the fact that some schools inflate/deflate their GPAs, classes are harder, etc., GPAs aren’t always too accurate. Two important things they really look at (as far as the #'s part go) is your class rank (if it’s a very competitive school and everyone has high GPAs, they see this too) and SAT scores. SAT scores are very important (as well as ACT). But, GPA is important too, so don’t slack off in this department just because you think it’s not as important, because it is.</p>
<p>Does being in magnet school help? Cuz technically im graduating from Sandra Day O’ Connor Criminal Justice/ Public Service Academy. Im in it cuz they have C.I.A. part and teach you Arabic and you train with operatives at fort blisd your senior year on internship.</p>
<p>Simply being in a magnet school is not of help. Bottom line is that you need to be doing well wherever you are. IF your magnet is a very high quality school with most kids heading to 4 year colleges and high SAT averages, than they will know that and factor it in.</p>
<p>In sum, they want kids who are good athletes, good leaders, good students…and have a PROVEN track record of all 3. That is why looking at the profile above helps. Notice how many kids were class president, Boys’ State reps, varsity team members and captains, etc. ? Accepted kids tend to be fairly high achievers across the board. They want to build on the skills (leadership, athletics and academics) you already clearly have…not help you get those skils. That is what we have been told.</p>
<p>No problem making varsity bball maybe sophomore but for sure junior year. And probably nhs next year and will have 200 hrs community service by graduation. Probably will be S-3 in jrotc next year. Thx for advice, i will try my best cuz west point is my dream</p>
<p>Yes, as Taben said, that does not help. What I said was that if it’s extremely competitive and every kid has a high GPA so your class rank isn’t as high as it would be if you went to a not-so-competitive school, they’d understand and see that.</p>