<p>My daughter is attending a private boarding and has been taking Honor classes since freshman. But she does not get A in those classes. Of course to get A is extremely diificlut in the school. But if she were in the regulra classes, she would've received As. I wonder how the college admission officers will take a look at this. My daughter's school does not rank and does not calculate GPA(nor weighted GPA). They send the grade profile with the transcropt to show how difficult it is to get good grades. So my question </p>
<p>This question is similar to the ever-present “are grades or test scores more important?” And for the same reason, it’s really hard to actually answer.</p>
<p>Taking honors classes doesn’t make up for not getting As, nor would getting As make up for not taking honors classes. Except for the few schools that have strict numerical admissions criteria (read: public mid-tier state schools), there’s just no way to say definitively that one or the other is more important.</p>
<p>Thanks, amarkov. Any other opinions?</p>
<p>erkybk…you should know that your school’s profile is strong and getting a low gpa (or fewer A’s in this case) is not comparable to the same in hs where most of the students at your daughter’s school would be getting mostly in A’s in honor’s classes. The colleges are familiar with the well known bs and do take the rigor into account. I think if she is able to get B’s in her honor’s courses she is all set. I think 6 ap’s is a lot for one of these schools…you don’t want her to be totally overwhelmed. What does your school profile show? Our school does not rank either, but they do have a gpa scatter plot which shows where the mid 50 of the class is. When my older son was there, it was low (3.1-ish) and most of those kids got into nice LAC’s.</p>
<p>It really depends on the schools to which she applies. The common data set will list which criteria are rated highest. In most top schools it is usually rigor of schedule. And 6 APs should be good enough to get into just about all colleges.</p>
<p>keylyme, in my Daughter’s school, they show the grades profile like how many of them got As, Bs, Cs, and Ds. Was your older son successful in college admission? What if they want to go to other colleges other than LAC’s? Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>My son’s heart was set on a non-competitive school which is highly regarded for his cholsen major, aerospace engineering (which he got into and he subsequently changed his major and how we wish he had gone to one of the other schools). I also had him apply to some other schools, all of which he got into: Lehigh, Villanova, and RPI.</p>
<p>Good! Thanks very much.</p>
<p>To add…my son’s gpa was right around the average (3.1-3.2). He took some honor’s courses and only one AP. So you see, the rigor of these schools carries quite a bit of weight. Kids from our local public would not be going to the State U with that gpa.</p>
<p>Good! BTW, when did your old son graduated?</p>
<p>2003…so, before the rush!</p>