<p>How do you know, it depends on the weighting system, perhaps the highest is five but it's unattainable because electives might weigh her down, and I would say a 2260 is a considerably impressive score, but hey those are just opinions any way.</p>
<p>i always thought gpa is out of 4.0000~~ and HPA 6
first time to know that different schools have different systems :)
2260 isnt bad right~</p>
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<p>Um, I would know because my school works like that and both my gpa and sat are higher.</p>
<p>umm his GPA and SAT are excellent, so I guess yours are too k-theory, but there's no need to be an arrogant p rick.</p>
<p>umm, im not being an arrogant prick. i wouldn't say my stats are exemplary at all. there are plenty of people at my school with better SATs and GPA's than that, so i don't consider those stats to be either impressive or excellent.</p>
<p>also, weren't we talking about a girl?</p>
<p>damn, you are an ass.</p>
<p>Oh, so I'm an ass for not sharing your views about what constitutes impressive? Nice way to get your point across. No lack of subtlety there. Well, the fact of the matter remains that a 2260 and a 4.7 weighted GPA don't stand out where I go to school, nor do they stand out to top notch colleges for that matter. The SAT is simply designed to plot out a standard bell curve from america's high school students. But since there are so many people who get the high scores the SAT becomes meaningless as a gauge of ability. When people do unique things and accel at what they're passionate about, that's impressive. Competing in olympiads is impressive because they aren't designed to stratify the general high school population but to provide a platform for the exceptional to disseminate themselves from the crowd. Now, if we were given more information about this person that makes her a unique and interesting individual, I would have been more than happy to call her impressive. On the other hand, you're assuming this person is impressive based solely upon two numbers for which the plateau is commonly reached. I'm actually the one giving more room for this individual to stand out based on her own unique qualities.</p>
<p>wow k-theory, i understand you come from an excellent school background, but she has the right to be impressive in her local context, doesn't she? i had a 4.67 weighted gpa for my junior year and scored "only" 2220 on the SATs, and I'm ranked #1 in my class. at many schools, only a few AP/honors courses are available to take, but the required courses that give a maximum 4 to the gpa are still very academically challenging. not all schools offer the choice of leaving school early so as not to take elective courses. go to any college and ask, and you will be told that they assess people in accordance with the context of their school's course offerings. being valedictorian does stand out to the top-notch colleges that matter, even if the stats aren't as high as students from other schools. after all, colleges aren't stupid, they know such things as grade inflation and "playing by the rules" exist
maybe the North Pole makes you distant emotionally too : ) let's not get angry, people. also, it wasn't just the two numbers, remember... she's a cheerleader, intelligent, and dedicated</p>
<p>let's celebrate people's achievements instead, ok?</p>
<p>Of course she does. But the point I'm trying to make is that we should recognize her ability based on her other, more interesting achievements, rather than her SAT score and her GPA. Why? Because so many people have high scores and high gpa's that these become meaningless as a measuring stick. If this girl we're talking about competed in some national cheerleading competition and did some other interesting stuff, that would be impressive. After all, good scores are usually required by good schools, but they won't get you in. How you spend your time outside of school and how far you go with your interests is what really lets you stand out as an individual.</p>
<p>I guess I'm just a disgruntled elf working in Santa's sweatshop.</p>
<p>I think we can all agree that the best applicants are not only the ones with the numbers but the personality and extracurricular achievement to back it up. But I think that we are considering in the context of just SAT's and GPA that she has very impressive numbers, that's all. Also, sorry about calling you an ass, thought your remark of "also, weren't we talking about a girl?" was sexist and I'm just assuming that it's not so sorry about that.</p>
<p>No problem, Tony. I'm sorry if I came off as being pompous; I should have made my point clearer.</p>
<p>About the "Weren't we talking about a girl" remark:</p>
<p>It was merely in response to this: </p>
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<p>I was just trying to clear things up.</p>