How important is your GPA?

<p>Okay.
so I currently have a 4.0 unweighted GPA and a 4.86 weighted GPA (I'm the firs in my class)
how big is that accomplishment in relation to my chances of getting into a good school?
the colleges say that it's the first thing they look at, but for the highest-level colleges, there are probably sooo many applicants with 4.0's, that is it even that big of an accomplishment?</p>

<p>When you get to the best schools you have to have certain things basically just to get a foot in the door and then everything else makes you or breaks you. There are exceptions though</p>

<p>At HYPMS a 4.0 won't guarantee anything, but it does of course look good. On the other hand, it can pretty much equal automatic acceptance to some less competitive colleges.</p>