<p>Do colleges/universities care what high school a student went to? Lets say a student applies to in-state colleges that knows the magnet high school well. The students grades are a bit lower than that of the peers in the applicant pool. Do the colleges take their high school into consider.</p>
<p>Yes, I think Universities take all these factors into consideration.</p>
<p>Hmmm...I'm wondering the same thing. I go to a School of Choice and our classes are substantially harder than other high schools.</p>
<p>Yes, definitely.</p>
<p>yes bball, they do, and it could help u over say a valedictorian at an uncompetitive school and could possibly even have a lower GPA</p>
<p>I go a IB World School that has ranked as high as number 3 in the nation, but my GPA is not as high as a student from an average HS, do i look better to colleges? </p>
<p>So im a freshman in IB at this highly ranked magnet school with a 3.5 UW GPA and a 4.0 W GPA and im taking an AP . How do i look?</p>
<p>^Do you go to Stanton College Prep (I think that's what it's called)?</p>
<p>I really hope they do look at which school you go to. I've only made a few B's, but if I went to any other school around me, I would have made straight A's.</p>
<p>No, but i live in the same county as SCP. I go to Stanton's arch rival and competitor Paxon School for Advanced Studies. They have a higher ranked AP and Honors program than us, but our IB is ranked higher</p>
<p>wat if u go to a magnet high school and apply out of state colleges? How would they know of the high school u went to?</p>
<p>magnet schools usually send an explanation of their course rigor and gpa calculations etc.</p>
<p>I never really understood what a magnet high school was.</p>
<p>Bernie, it basically is kind of like a selective college who won't admit anyone. You apply to it and you either get admitted or rejected depending on your state test scores, your application test scores, and your grades.</p>
<p>A lot of these public schools have an admittance rate lower than 10%. I go to one and our grading scale is harder as well as the classes compared to a regular high school. They tend to be much more competitive as well.</p>