<p>Nowhere close. I will probably finish junior year with a 3.4 cumulative (if I'm lucky). I just don't understand how so many people say they have 4.0 GPAs. Like you went 3 straight years without a single A- ? Last year I finished with all A minuses, and I was studying constantly to get them. Same thing this year, except I will have one B. </p>
<p>This is especially troubling because it seems that a lot of the better colleges which offer good financial aid are being hounded by the 4.0s. How will I stand a chance come admission time? Our Val. and Sal. who had 4.0s both are going to Rutgers on a full ride (although it's not that good of a school). If they ended up going to a tier 2 school, where will the 3.4s end up?</p>
<p>Any college suggestions for the solid B+ student?</p>
<p>I have the same GPA. I’m going to the University of Florida with a scholarship. Not sure what type of schools you are aiming for. Hope this helps. I also got accepted to UCF and FSU</p>
<p>i have a 4.2 weighted GPA. Idk what my GPA would be unweighted. People have really good high GPA’S because of honor and AP courses. Colleges like to see you challenging yourself. They’d rather see a B in a honors course than a regular course. It’s not only GPA that colleges look at. Your ACT/SAT, extracurriculars, community services, ESSAYS, etc.</p>
<p>^^ufgator, congrats on getting into UFlorida, that is a great school. But you were in state, so it would be much harder for me (OOS) to get into such a school. </p>
<p>^Yes, course difficulty is important, but unfortunately no schools care about weighted GPA</p>
<p>Smack your past teachers with a fish.</p>
<p>This is a perennial worry for students, but it is unfounded. There are 3,000 4-year colleges in the country and most of them accept the majority of their applicants. This gives some good choices. The problem is the crowd mentality, everyone only wants to go to the schools that everyone else wants to go to, leading to the sub-5% admit rates at the most selective schools. </p>
<p>There is an article you should read at [A-Plus</a> Schools for B Students - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2009/08/19/a-plus-schools-for-b-students]A-Plus”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2009/08/19/a-plus-schools-for-b-students)</p>
<p>There is also a book you should read that covers the college admission process in full: how to identify schools that are a match for you, understanding financial aid, what to do on a college visit, etc. It is called “Admission Matters” and you can read a chapter for free at [Admission</a> Matters](<a href=“http://www.admissionmatters.com/]Admission”>http://www.admissionmatters.com/) that addresses the exact topic of selectivity.</p>
<p>actually some schools do care about weighted. especially UC’s, which only look at your weighted GPA. so maybe you should look into some UC’s if that might help your situation</p>
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<p>I would disagree. Based on my visits and my family and friend’s inputs it is a fantastic school with a variety of learning opportunities.</p>
<p>So do elite colleges (Ivies, MIT, Stanford) not care about weighted? Because I don’t have a 4.0 UW but I have a very high W, especially since there’s serious grade deflation at my school.</p>
<p>depends. my school only offers a weighted gpa and some schools just look at whatever your hs shows them.</p>
<p>pch340 i didn’t know u had a job in admissions?</p>
<p>Of course colleges care about your weighted GPA. Your unweighted GPA is practically meaningless. Who cares if you have a 4.0 if you took easy classes for 4 years. Weighted is significantly more important. </p>
<p>However, what matters more than both your GPA and your WGPA is your rank and simply your actual transcript. These two things will tell admissions far more about your academics and about where you stand as a student than GPA and WGPA do. If you’re taking rigorous classes and getting straight A-'s, you’re in great shape. If those A-'s make your GPA look bad, it really does not matter at all. If you have straight A-'s and have a solid rank, you’re also in good shape, whereas straight A-'s and an average rank suggest that your A-'s really aren’t much of an accomplishment.
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This assumes your rank is based on WGPA. Unfortunately, some schools rank based on unweighted GPA, which is totally stupid.</p>
<p>A weighted GPA means nothing because each school weights things differently. An UW GPA combined with information on the rigor of the classes gives the most info.</p>
<p>Don’t let your GPA discourage you during your process of finding a college. Do your research, find a college that is best suitable for you, and go with it. The only thing that sticks with you throughout your career is what you learned from high school/college. A letter and a few digits on a piece of paper is totally irrelevant.</p>