<p>How do adcoms look at applicants with low gpa (3.5 and below) but a very high gpa (4.5 - 4.7)? Here are some things to note:</p>
<p>1.) A high weighted means the student took a very rigorous course.
2.) High weighted gpa = high rank
3.) Low unweighted = lots of grades below "A."</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Bump.........</p>
<p>badly?
A lot of kids that high Weighted and Unweighted GPA. Of course it's better than low weighted and unweighted GPA.</p>
<p>So a high weighted makes up for the low unweighted?</p>
<p>no, not really. Well, depends on the schools you want. For the big ones, you need to take hard courses and do well in them. For less competitive schools it may not matter so much.</p>
<p>Well, does a a high weighted gpa imply that the student has a very hard courseload?</p>
<p>yes, but it is true that some people taking tons of advanced courses still manage unweighted gpas like 3.9 and when weighted its high 4s like 4.6 or 4.7</p>
<p>Thats true. Its strange that many students have a high rank with a low uw gpa, thanks to weighted courses.</p>
<p>In UC system unweighted GPA is important but again they will look at weighted at certain degree. Some colleges like Stanford will look on the first place at SAT score, Class ranking (which IS your weighted GPA), and then GPA itself. Over 70% of High School Graduates admitted to Stanford have GPA 3.75 – 4.0 but they really want to see Weighted 4.3 and Up.</p>
<p>A high weighted GPA will help a ton. A 3.5 unweighted really doesn’t say much about your work ethic. You may have a few B’s, but they may be in tough AP classes, and your school may have a trend for deflating GPA. They will consider your GPA in context: that is, how rigorous were the courses, and how did you perform relative to the others in your school. It’s not so much a high weighted GPA that will help, but a high rank than comes from the WGPA.</p>
<p>Do you guys know your weighted GPA yet? I asked my counselor for my transcript and she gave me the same one when the school year began, however it had my new senior classes in it. Yet my GPA and Rank were still exactly the same. She said the Final will be ready after spring break. But i’m just making sure. Aren’t they supposed to add the extra points for Honor and AP classes after the first semester of Senior year? And do they calculate my senior grades to determine my rank? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>^Every school does this differently. You need to ask your counselor. D’s school weights AP classes, but doesn’t weight Honors classes. It sounds like your high school has a different weighting system.</p>
<p>It’s better than low weighted and low unweighted, but not as good as high weighted and high unweighted (which is what they’re really looking for).</p>
<p>Either way, they’ll look at it in the context of your school.</p>
<p>Colleges will consider your UW GPA in the context of your course rigor. In that sense, the exact number of your weighted GPA is unimportant (especially so since schools use vastly different weighting systems and there is no standardization).</p>