<p>I go to Lexington Catholic High School, a prominant high school in Kentucky. I was wondering if the reputation of the school and the overall percentage of the previous years' students attending college is a major part in the selection process for incoming Freshman? Does it help a student with a lower GPA's (3.3) chances at all?</p>
<p>While its not the most important factor, your high school's reputation does matter indeed (I know this because I went to a top ranked boarding school). </p>
<p>NYU understands that not all 3.3 GPAs are equal, so the quality of your high school will clearly be considered. </p>
<p>Good luck and keep us posted.</p>
<p>I'd say colleges definitely factor in schools' rigorousness into admissions. A B at a difficult private school is just as good (if not better) than an A+ at a bad public school. Your GPA is decent, but I'd be sure to play up extracurrics.</p>
<p>Appreciate the responses!</p>
<p>yeah i would agree, especially if theyve had a lot of experience w your school, admissions officers begin to be accustomed to certain schools. they might say something like "well that B would actually be an A at a different school" or vice versa.</p>
<p>from the people ive seen being accepted/rejected this year ED, prominence hasnt seemed to matter at all, alot of mid 1200- Mid 1300's with 3.2-3.5 gpas from top schools in the country got rejected from nyu ED, when people from ****ty schools else where got in. Im guessing if you go to a prominent high school they may understand a slightly lower gpa, but there going to expect a higher SAT since your education is supposed to be superior.</p>
<p>Yeh, I agree with what matt said. Your SAT and GPA have to correlate. If you have a high SAT and a low GPA, they would understand it's because you go to a good school but if your SAT is not high, they have no reason to think your GPA should be better.</p>
<p>"Im guessing if you go to a prominent high school they may understand a slightly lower gpa, but there going to expect a higher SAT since your education is supposed to be superior."</p>
<p>Absolutely Matt. NYU will of course expect a higher SAT score from a 3.5 who attends Exeter than a 3.5 who goes to some high school in the ghetto. Better high school=more resources=generally higher expectations...thats the way elite colleges see it.</p>
<p>High school quality matters more than you can understand. There is only one kid in my school with the equivalent of a 4.0 and yet about 10-15%(at least) will attend top tier schools like the Ivies plus Stanford. It is not all about GPA although our SAT's are fairly high so in that sense do well for your school not for anyone elses school.</p>
<p>A high school's reputation is will vary from college to college. Check and see how many grads your school regularly sends to NYU. Does your counselor (or other school official) regularly visit the school or communicate with them?</p>
<p>Lexington Catholic is a very good school, but my guess is that the relationship is stronger with Catholic Universities like Notre Dame.</p>
<p>I would say that the reputation of a school plays a major role. Case in point, my own school has a 72% acceptance rate to CMU and 40% rate to Georgetown. If adcoms recognize that your school is challenging and that is has produced students who have come and succeeded at X University, it will help. But as tactics22 pointed out, your situation would work best with a Catholic university (ND, GU, BC, Holy Cross, etc).</p>