Does perception of GPA changed based on class rank?

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<p>I've noticed that colleges focus mostly on unweighted GPA, even if weighted GPA is also part of the transcript, and compare the UW GPA to the difficultly of classes taken.</p>

<p>I have an unweighted GPA of ~3.6, which is poor by the majority of CC's standards. My weighted GPA is ~4.5, which is calculated by South Carolina's scale that most of you aren't familiar with. The school I attend is a large public school that is not competitive at all, bringing my class rank up to 10/330, or the top ~3%.</p>

<p>I've taken a lot of advanced classes, AP, IB, and Honors, but none of them have been incredibly difficult. I've done fairly well in most of them, but gotten my fair share of B's. </p>

<p>Since my school's class ranking is based off the weighted GPA, our future val. with a 4.6, and me with a 4.5, our unweighted GPAs are irrelevant in class ranking.</p>

<p>So, I was wondering, when colleges ignore my seemingly arbitrary weighted GPA of 4.5, and look at my unweighted GPA of 3.6, compared to my very high class rank, will my ranking in the top 3% offset my low UW GPA?</p>

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<p>That’s kind of a lot of words to pose the very straightforward question in your thread title! ;)</p>

<p>The answer to that question is, “Absolutely.”</p>

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<p>I personally think it would. I mean the top 3% could easily show them you only got a 3.6 because you were taking a rigorous course schedule.</p>

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<p>I was just asking about my own situation. I was just wondering if a top school would completely disqualify me just based on my relatively low UW GPA, which is actually quite high in comparison to my peers.</p>

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<p>Admissions Officers will look at all the data you give them and info about your school. They will look at the classes you took, and what you got in them. A GPA is an indicator of how well a student does in their classes but doesn’t tell the whole story.</p>

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<p>^ Perfect answer</p>