<p>It just seems that there’s so much variation between how different schools do things (ranking, not ranking … weighting for honors, weighting for AP, not weighting … using 4.0=A and 3.0=B or adding in 3.7=A- and 3.3=B+ … a school that offers multiple weighted courses vs a school that has a few or that has a limit on how many can be taken … that I can’t imagine the schools really look at any two candidates and directly compare Joe’s 3.8 to Mary’s 3.7. At one point, they have to say that both Joe and Mary have what it takes and then start delving into other things.</p>