Grades too low?

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<p>I have an upward trend in my average for highshool so far and I wanted to know if my grades were too low?</p>

<p>Grade 9 Weighted: 91.8 |Unweighted 92.4% (rank 2)
Grade 10 weighted: 94 |Unweighted 94.4% (rank 1)
Grade 11 Weighted: 96.0 | Unweighted 96.2% (rank 1)</p>

<p>SAT Score (took recently): 2400
SAT II US HISTORY: 800</p>

<p>Still need to take two more in grade 12.</p>

<p>I am a Canadian student so that would explain some of the odd grading system with the unweighted and weighted gpa.</p>

<p>Are the grades too low or am I okay? I am pretty confident in everything else on my application, just worried about the transcript for when I apply</p>

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<p>The adcoms understand the Canadian grading system, so I bet your grade average is fine. (Also, translated to an American GPA, you would have a 4.0 each year anyway, on a scale of 90-100= 4.O )</p>

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<p>Rank 2 -> 1 -> 1.</p>

<p>Yes, you are in deep trouble mister. The admissions officers would definitely scorn over your grades and ask themselves why a student with such low grades would even bother to apply at all.</p>

<p>Seriously, get a hold of yourself!</p>

<p>If you want something to worry about it is the rigor of your course load. If you have a 4.0 but with easy courses etc it’s not that impressive. However, if you get a 3.9 with 7 AP’s then we are talking business. If you see where I’m headed is that GPA does not matter if it’s not backed up with a rigorous course load. Getting high grades in easy classes is – it’s a bit of a give away – easy. Getting high grades in tough classes isn’t that an easy task to accompish and therefore more impressive and thus more competitive.</p>

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<p>How are your unweighted grades higher than your weighted grades?</p>

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<p>Maybe he’s on a very light course load…</p>

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<p>im only asking because a lot of the people on this forum have like really high gpas.
and my unweighted is higher because i had like jokes classes like (career studies or civics) in my average.(part of the curriculum we cant change these selections)</p>

<p>the weighted is my core courses…which are definitely more rigorous than my other classes</p>

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<p>to reptil:</p>

<p>up until this year i’ve taken 8 APs and got 5s on all.</p>

<p>I was referring to “jokes classes” like gym which we have to take in Canada in grade 9.
Thats all i meant</p>

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<p>Since admissions officers will put every individual application into context he or she would see that you have a high GPA compared to the conditions you have and your class. Since you’re ranked first it puts perspective that you’re the best in your class and because you don’t have any disadvantages you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Are you serious, sacboi4? What the hell is wrong with you?</p>

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<p>You definitely need to raise your GPA and then cure cancer.</p>

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<p>In general, Canadian students aren’t expected to take massive numbers of APs like American students are – firstly because the government curriculum (in Ontario, at least) is rigorous enough in and of itself in Grade 12, secondly because APs just aren’t part of the academic culture up here (most students don’t even know what they are). </p>

<p>The only exception to this is for those who go large, well-to-do schools in metropolitan areas, since they tend to be the only schools that offer AP courses regularly, staff helpful guidance counselors, and have a tradition of sending students to American universities.</p>

<p>FWIW, I went to a small, semi-rural school and got in without taking any APs, although I did stand out academically in other ways.</p>