How important is GPA in college admissions?

Applying to College
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<p>So, how do most colleges view GPA?</p>

<p>My school is fairly competitive, making it very hard to keep a 5.0/5.0 GPA</p>

<p>Only 5 out of 800 kids in my class were able to keep a 5.0/5.0 GPA last year (freshmen year), and only 2 students out of 800 this year have a GPA of 5.0/5.0</p>

<p>Will having a GPA of 3.75-3.8 prevent me from getting into some top schools like Rice, Duke, williams, or colgate? </p>

<p>I know I still have a lot of time left till' college admissions, but I can't help but feel depress when looking at my GPA...... Especially when people have GPA's of 3.96 UW yet are ranked 30/300 on here...</p>

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<p>Most schools don’t care as much about GPA as they do about course load. Take hard courses and do your best; a perfect GPA means nothing if the straight-A’s are from easy classes.</p>

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<p>Eh, don’t worry about it. Colleges barely look at GPA</p>

4

<p>GPA is important only if you dont have a class rank or anything that will seperate you from your classmates</p>

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<p>GPA is taken in the context of the school. For example, a 5.0 GPA is literally impossible at my school.</p>

<p>A lot of schools (like UCs) emphasize GPA, though it’s more standardized.</p>

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<p>Course load is the most important factor in the transcript part of college admissions. GPA as a number is less important I think, what’s more important is the actual grade you earn in the classes you take. Some people have varying GPAs because they took more classes than others or did bad/good in classes that colleges don’t really care about.</p>