<p>My school does weighted GPA based on the level of class you take either M, R, A, H/AP (The last 2 count for the same weight)</p>
<p>the thing is, relative to weighted scale, my gpa is actually pretty good</p>
<p>however, once unweighted is calculated, I look terrible w/ respect to everybody else applying</p>
<p>plus, i've heard that some of the schools I want to apply to don't look at weighted GPA</p>
<p>have i just screwed myself over</p>
<p>You haven’t screwed yourself over, but most schools really don’t pay any attention to the weighted GPA. Every high school weights grades differently, so it makes a lot more sense for colleges to just look at the letters on your transcript and use those to create their own GPA.</p>
<p>So yes, the unweighted GPA is MUCH more important in admissions than the weighted GPA.</p>
<p>Almost everyone’s weighted is much higher than their UW.</p>
<p>Some schools only look at your academic courses, others may look for grade trends - without any specifics and with only subjective terms (“good” and “terrible”) describing your GPA, I can’t know if you’re “screwed” over or not. Probably not, though.</p>
<p>Worst-case scenario, you have to go to a CC, but if you do well there, you can transfer to some of the top schools in the nation, so don’t think of your success or lack thereof in HS as something that will control you - it’s far better to do progressively better rather than to burn yourself out and slack off in college.</p>
<p>most every school will look at a GPA they figure through thier own formula so that all applicants are on an even playing field. Most also take into account the rigor of your courseload over your time in high school</p>
<p>Student X has a 3.3 uw but has taken a tough load all four years. In general, She/He looks better than the student who has a 3.7 but didn’t challenge him/herself.</p>
<p>What kind of numbers are you talking about here anyway?</p>
<p>unweighted GPA is meaningless because different schools weight their classes so differently. They mainly focus on the rigor of your courses and your UW GPA, so if you have been challenging yourself with hard courses you should be fine.</p>