GPA Advice

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<p>Hey you guys! I'm a sophomore this year, so I still have a few years until college apps, but I have a question. Unfortunately, I recieved a B+ in AP Physics this year, my first, so my GPA (unweighted) will be a 3.95. If I get A's for the rest of HS, and end up with a 3.99?-ish, will I still have a decent chance at getting into one of the HYPSM's? </p>

<p>I'm fairly new at this, and I'm kind of concerned. I know most Harvard attendees enter with a perfect 4.0, so will I still have a good chance? Thank you so much in advance :)</p>

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<p>Oh, I should also mention that our school doesn’t have class rank anymore…it was elimated.</p>

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<p>as long as you are doing things outside the classroom. That is the important part</p>

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<p>what college are you currently going too? As long as you get some experience interning and maintain that GPA then you should be able to get into an elite med school</p>

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<p>Yeah, I do a lot of charity work and other thingies. But GPA-wise, am I ok?</p>

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<p>@UKclassof13</p>

<p>Oh, I’m not in college. I’m a sophomore in high school :)</p>

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<p>Everyone who has posted in here is wrong about something.</p>

<p>The real answer: It is false that most Harvard applicants have perfect 4.0s, and you are perfectly fine with one B+.</p>

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<p>My school does a weighted and unweighted system so is it good if you have say 3.7 unweighted but 4.5 weighted?</p>

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<p>I know a guy who had a 4.0 in school, in all regular classes, but cared about nothing else.
Didn’t have any extracurricular activities, no sports, essentially nothing.
And you know how they say the lowest score you can get on the SATs is a 200. Get this: dude got a 190.
Got accepted into Harvard, deferred from Yale, and accepted into Princeton.</p>

<p>(SATIRE)</p>

<p>AnnieZ: What I just illustrated is how “GPA” isn’t the tell-all for college acceptance. It’s about other things in life too, and the ever-famed SAT/up-and-coming ACT. My GPA is about a 3.8, but with the other things on my application, I like my chances at some of the Ivies and other top schools.</p>

<p>The reason people are responding so negatively to your post is that you’re “questioning” your college chances with a 3.99. It’s a freakin’ 3.99. Do you think the people reviewing your app will PUNISH you for that? Just do your best in school, do as much as you can outside the classroom, and the rest will naturally follow.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for the advice. </p>

<p>@JustAKicker</p>

<p>Lol, I’m not entirely familiar with the whole admissions process, so I was curious. But I get it now, so…<em>relief floods in</em></p>

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<p>and the fact that this was posted as “harvard university”…
smh</p>

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<p>FYI if an SAT test taker scores “lower than a 200” then the score is reported as a 200 and consequently the lowest possible score is a 600 combined. Though a raw score of less than 0 is a possible achievement, from what I have read, anyone claiming they got less than the 200 combined has done their own creative math to come up with that estimate. A lengthy but rather fun report on this kind i=of effort is: [SAT</a> : Getting the lowest score possible](<a href=“http://www.colinfahey.com/sat/sat_en.html]SAT”>http://www.colinfahey.com/sat/sat_en.html)</p>