<p>Unfortunately I’m in the same situation :(. Except my UW GPA is substantially lower yours (like a 3.2). Really ****es me off knowing I work 4-5 hrs a night on homework just to maintain a 84% average, whereas my best friend works MAYBE 30 minutes a night in the same classes as me at another school and can still retain a 3.9 UW with ease. His high school is a joke, grades are super inflated.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how exactly admissions looks at the competitiveness of high schools? For example, both schools are IB. However, at his school only 24% of students received the IB diploma whereas at my school 100% of the kids got it. Do colleges look at these factors? How about the correlation of standardized tests to GPA? Cuz my SAT scores are significantly higher than his, even though my GPA is much lower. Any ideas?</p>