<p>I go to a really competitive high school, where the highest GPA one has currently weighted is a 4.9. The valdeldictorian and the highest ranked 15 highest people ranked in the class have weighted GPA's varying from eachother anywhere from .003 to .03 of a point. It is very cut-throat. Number 16 probably has a GPA of a 4.8 weighted, and the people who are ranked number 50-60 have GPA's of about 4.5 weighted. 117 students in my class have a GPA weighted over a 4.0. How will colleges view this? If one is ranked #50 but still has a GPA weighted of 4.5 and a very high UW, then what will very top tier schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern, Barnard, UChicago, Columbia ect. think of this?</p>
<p>If there is a track record of placing students in top schools then ranks and difficulty of classes will be consider. If there is no such track record, there is a good chance it will appear as though there is grade inflation.</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>I would say its bad and there is a lot of grade inflation.</p>