<p>How does the college admission determine if the applicant's high school is competitive or not?
For example, some average school's 4.0 GPA should not considered competitive to those magnet's 3.2.</p>
<p>from where i am, i've been hearing colleges would rather get an applicant with a higher gpa. if both schools offer APs and similar, tough courses, admission officers consider both schools "competitive" and "non-competitive" ones equally. for ex) two kids get a 2200 sat score. kid A has a 3.2 gpa at a competitive hs, where as kid B has a 3.9 gpa at a regular school, kid B will most probably be selected. [considering his ECs..and other extra stuff]</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>uni pwned</p>
<p>Does this make my 3.74 W GPA crap?
I don't know why... but everyone in my school has a lower W GPA than UW...
which makes completely no sense.</p>
<p>uni as in University high school
students here face this problem because our GPAs are inflated as those of our neighboring highschools</p>
<p>^That makes absolutely no sense. How does one's weighted GPA be lower than their UW?...
Weird High School...</p>
<p>how does a college determine how competitive your school is? do they look at surrounding schools, judge from the ap and hard programs offered, or some other method? so confused >.<...</p>
<p>i dont know how exactly but yes, i'm guessing they look at the courses rate and the graduation stats rate, etc.</p>
<p>I knew someone at tough magnet school got almost all Cs and Ds at freshman year and then transferred back to local home school and received straight A and regained confidence.</p>
<p>Some fun facts about my school.</p>
<p>Valedictorian's UW GPA: 3.97/ W GPA 3.82
My UW GPA: 3.872/ W GPA: 3.74</p>
<p>Then we have this crazy "total ranking GPA"</p>
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<p>man..your school is messed up. ^^</p>
<p>Admission committees have representatives for each region. There usually is someone that is familiar with your school district and knows the reputation of each school (hopefully) and if they don't know will ask. Grading varies from district to district, school to school, public to private, etc. so when they see your GPA they are comparing it within your school. What's important is the level of the classes you take (rigor). It's not the same to get all A's in regular classes than to get all A's in Honors, AP, or IB. Also not all schools use the same system for weighing.</p>
<p>Schools also may provide a profile to colleges. I know our school does, but I don't know how widespread that is. If you think your school will not be known to colleges you are applying to, you might ask if there is a profile you can include, or request that one be sent with your transcript.
The profile includes lots of things - both some text and some numbers. For example, my child's school's profile notes that all classes are at an honors level, and that there are no AP classes because kids take actual university classes instead.</p>
<p>class ranking ?</p>