<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? Do most high schools have large gaps between students ranked? Do most valdelictorians have a GPA weighted of .05 or .1 ppoints higher than the rest of the top ten percent?</p>
<p>I went to a high school where the top 3 [including myself] had GPAs within 0.05. After us, the top number dropped by about 0.5. Your college will be looking at you in a number of ways: compared to others, compared to your school, and so on. And keep in mind how much ECs and all those other goodies matter. Overall, I imagine your GPA would stand well on its own, and if you keep a decent class rank, you should be alright.</p>
<p>On another note, I find it ridiculous when schools are turning out 117 students over a 4.5. I highly doubt that many students are intelligent enough to get that great of a grade. Competitive high schools really need to reconsider their definition of “A”…</p>
<p>"On another note, I find it ridiculous when schools are turning out 117 students over a 4.5. I highly doubt that many students are intelligent enough to get that great of a grade. Competitive high schools really need to reconsider their definition of “A”… </p>
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<li>my school has 117 students with unweighted GPAs over a 4.0 not a 4.5, just to clarify.</li>
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<p>The maximum for an unweighted GPA is a 4.0. The max for weighted is 5.0, however.</p>
<p>sorry, i meant 117 students had “weighted” GPA’s over a 4.0, not unweighted.</p>