<p>I have a general question and I will probably get very different answers but I want to know...</p>
<p>Which is looked at more closely by colleges? Weighted or Unweighted GPA?</p>
<p>For someone in all Honor's/AP classes getting A-/B+ compared to another student in all regular classes getting all A's what is better?</p>
<p>Just wondering...</p>
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Which is looked at more closely by colleges? Weighted or Unweighted GPA?
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<p>I'd say weighted, though unweighted is probably considered, too.</p>
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For someone in all Honor's/AP classes getting A-/B+ compared to another student in all regular classes getting all A's what is better?
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<p>Someone in all honors/AP -- shows they took a risk, could handle college-level work, etc.</p>
<p>I dont think colleges look at your weighted GPA at all - its too misleading for most people.</p>
<p>They look at the UW GPA cold and flat, no modifications, nothing. Only the bottom line.</p>
<p>BUT then they look at the course rigor as a SEPERATE category - if you have a 4.0 but have a crappy course rigor then you're out of the window ("i r took algebra 1 for 4 years and i got 100lolnowai!!!')</p>
<p>They are seperate categories, and course rigor > gpa (up to a degree... a 4.0 in remedial classes might prove better than a 2.0 in AP classes)</p>
<p>Well as I said I assumed I would get a variety of answers, but in my case I am getting an A in my regular class (both of them) and I have an A in one AP and a B+ in the 2nd and a B in the third... while it isnt the end of the quarter, I am wondering like How would this come off if these were my final year grades ... like will the B in an AP class be seen as worse then an A in a regular course? </p>
<p>Which is taken into account more is my main question</p>
<p>well, some schools don't even weight GPA's (like mine) while offering many APs and other tough courses.
I don't think looking at a weighted GPA would be fair to everyone, so colleges probably look at the unweighted grades and the course load together.</p>
<p>it depends what school youre looking at.. for really selective schools they only accept people who HAVE taken the harder course load and therefore they don't weight their gpas.. if you havent taken those classes you wont be considered for acceptance anyway, so everyone who is in the running has taken those courses.. but yeah i agree that they basically just look at the classes you took and then look at how you did in them</p>
<p>Yea well I'd assume that at like HYPS or w/e that they probably look at unweighted and whatnot. My school is odd in that they have the honors courses on a 5.0 and the AP courses on a 6.0 its very weird I dont get it at all...
But for a place like Duke would they value the weighted or Uw GPA more?</p>