<p>Does it depend on the school or what? I'm just curious. ;3</p>
<p>GPA and course rigor are both considered. </p>
<p>However, the methodology of weighted gpa varies between HSs and some HSs don’t weight at all. So, colleges look at how your GC evaluated the rigor of your coursework in relation to your HS (most demanding, very demanding, demanding, average, etc.).</p>
<p>My impression is that they look at unweighted grades, and mostly throw out the non-academic courses (eg, art, band, etc.). Then rigor of schedule is taken into account based on what is offered at your high school (for example, someone whose high school only offers a few AP courses that can only be taken senior year is not penalized vs. someone whose high school offers APs every year so you can have gobs of them). So within the context of your high school, they ask your GC to assess whether you took the most demanding, very demanding, etc. courseload. And then they also look at class rank (or percentile range if your school does not rank).</p>
<p>Some colleges that look at weighted GPA used a standardized recalculation, rather than the high school’s weighted GPA calculation, which varies between high schools. Examples include California public universities.</p>
<p>Yeah, I believe top colleges generally look at your transcript and use their own formula to recalculate the gpa in order to standardize it (so unweighted is probably more accurate). However, weighted gpa usually determines class rank, which is something colleges definitely look at.</p>