<p>Say if you have great ECs/SATs/recs/highest level classes, all that jazz but your unweighted cumulative GPA is only a 3.8 (93), is it that bad for Ivys/top 20?</p>
<p>…no. Only on CC- “Does having a near perfect GPA look bad at top school admissions?”</p>
<p>Only at Stanford could a 3.8 make you fall off their radar.</p>
<p>I got into Stanford with a 3.8 UW this year… so no, it’s not bad.</p>
<p>My opinon differs from some of your other responses.</p>
<p>A 3.8 is very good.</p>
<p>However, it is so tough to get into a top 20 school that based on what I know at least, you need to almost have a perfect record.</p>
<p>Last year, both my son, and my friend’s son, had super high SAT scores, and still got rejected, or only waitlisted, at the top 20 schools. They had 3.7 unweighted gpa’s.</p>
<p>Thanks guys…see I never know. Today I was told that my private school is viewed as a very rigorous school by colleges and bc of that they may disregard a slightly lower GPA. But I don’t know if I believe that…</p>
<p>^ I really hope that’s true. I also go to a pretty competitive and rigorous private school.</p>
<p>My Sophomore Eng. teacher used to teach at my local public school. She said that my school’s regular courses progressed at the same pace as Honors level classes at the public school.</p>
<p>*just to clarify, my school sounds a lot like daveeed’s. Every course offered is honors level or above, and Stanford knew this when they reviewed my app. Every school sends a school report that lets colleges know the rigor of courses and how that may effect student’s unweighted GPA. Again, I got in with a 3.8, so clearly it’s very possible</p>