<p>Question: I am the parent of a 10th grader. Since many high schools do not submit class rank, do universities have some type of high school caliber ranking list that instead gives them an idea of whether a student’s GPA was earned at a more difficult or easy high school? In spite of the [...]</p>
<p>im a junior my schedule is</p>
<p>Honors precalc
honors physics
junior english
honors spanish 3
ap computer science
honors economics</p>
<p>senior
AP psychology
ap calc bc
ap spanish
ap bio
not sure what else yet</p>
<p>my gpa is 3.72 at the beginnig of my junior year (im starting it now)</p>
<p>is this scheduale competitive? for what schools? say my act score is a 28 or 29</p>
<p>and would it hurt to drop ap stat and replace it with honors economics if it would boost my gpa but im afraid it might be considered non-rigorous</p>
<p>Something I am curious about…do admissions track how students admitted from various high schools do once they are on campus (e.g., students from this high school are well prepared, students from that other high school have tended to struggle academically even though they had the same high school gpa)?</p>
<p>the dean mentions that the school profile can be changed and improved before applying. how are you supposed to do that? my guidance couselor would be very annoyed if I suggested changing our school profile (it’s basically a brag sheet) :/</p>
<p>stressedouttt: Getting changes into a school profile can sometimes be a big deal, but it can’t hurt to point out areas where the profile seems to be misleading, incomplete, etc. My son just started high school yesterday so I plan to take a close look at his school’s profile now. I figure that I have 3+ years to effect change, should I find any deficiencies. </p>
<p>Even when you cannot implement changes in the official profile, if you find points in there that need to be clarified, you can certainly ask your counselor (very politely, of course) if he or she could address those issues in your recommendation. For instance, if you wanted to take 4 AP classes but your school restricts everyone to 3, and the profile doesn’t say so, you might ask your counselor to mention that you were forced to take Honors Spanish, not AP, because you were already in AP English, AP Calculus, and AP Bio. </p>
<p>The bottom line is that even if you can’t cajole school officials into editing the profile, it is still wise to know what the colleges will see when they read it. You can always make important clarifications yourself, if your counselor won’t do so for you.</p>