<p>The first step in the admissions process is the feeding of all applications to regional representatives, individuals who have worked in the same area enough so that they can recognize what schools are harder, what schools are easier, where there is grade deflation etc. Remember that all of your numbers are always interpreted within the context of your environment. This is why school rankings will sometimes speak more than the transcripts themselves.</p>
<p>The fact that the OP has maintained a 3.98 UWGPA (which is universally strong) in an apparently difficult school is a very impressive achievement. </p>
<p>But for marist453, I don’t think that grade deflation can be entirely blamed for you having a 3.2. It’ll be tough to explain that one.</p>