<p>My school is really, really hard. I'm taking honors classes and I'm not doing so well in them. I'm think about I have about 3.7 GPA out of 4.0. IS that a pretty good GPA? How do I show the schools I'm aplying to that my school is really challenging? I go to a small private school.</p>
<p>Just go about it in your essay, but don’t act as if it were a barrier or else they will think you are not able to handle a lot of work.</p>
<p>Regarless, that is a good GPA</p>
<p>Don’t worry, they will see how challenging it is by looking at the school profile, which will indicate either that the average GPA for your school is rather low, or that the SAT scores compared to the GPAs are high, or both.</p>
<p>okay thanks…I’m so nervous that my GPA isn’t good enough. I tried to so hard in those classes.</p>
<p>or have your counselor mention it in the SSR</p>
<p>All of my teacher and counselor recommendations mention how tough my school is.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Class rank is probably more important than your GPA. Admissions committees know that not all 3.7’s are created equal.</p>
<p>Admissions committees aren’t familiar with the reputation of every school in the country. But if you’re applying to places that other graduates of your school have attended, your school’s reputation will likely have proceeded you.</p>
<p>don’t they have like a high school evaluation by some kind of organization every four years or something?
is that how they rate the schools?</p>
<p>You’re class rank will show how difficult your school is./ also your SAt and AP scores also show. For example a B in US History with a 5 on the exam shows difficulty.</p>
<p>Colleges will take into consideration the difficulty of the secondary school. They also usually have regional admissions personnel assigned to know about the high schools in the region. Nevertheless, be aware that high school students generally believe that the number of difficult high schools that should get special consideration is a number that is a high multiple of the actual number that colleges believe should get such consideration..</p>
<p>it might also depend on where the college is located. In my state, several college admissions people say they give students a .3 gpa “bump” if they go to my school–but they are in-state and are familiar with how difficult my high school is. colleges out-of-state may not be so familiar.</p>
<p>Yea, i’ve heard about that too ^^^</p>
<p>Most college admission officers know which schools are the “top” (most academically challenging) schools for whichever geographic area they read the applications from. </p>
<p>Also, most colleges ask for a “school profile” to be sent with the applicant’s transcript/Secondary School Report. That profile usually gives information like the number of honors and AP/IB classes given, the school’s grading policy (i.e., what sort of weight, if any, is given to honors and AP classes when calculating GPA), average SAT and/or ACT scores for the senior class, etc. That information helps the admissions office judge the relative difficulty of schools they may not be familiar with.</p>
<p>On my school profile, it says that the class of 2007 GPA average unweighted was 3.22 and weighted it was 3.45.</p>
<p>I have a 3.7-3.8 GPA so far…just half of junior year…I don’t want to get C’s…I don’t even sleep that much anymore. </p>
<p>Oh, and we don’t rank because my school is so small - it has like 300 kids.</p>
<p>bump???</p>
<p>I think colleges do know what high schools are competitive. My daughter mentioned it in her essay, I forgot the reason why. So that is one way to mention it.</p>
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<p>What kind of classes are you taking (that is, what subjects)? What kind of books are you reading for your classes?</p>