<p>Hey, I just have a few quick questions about GPA/Percentile ranking and the way that top schools like Yale and Harvard see them.</p>
<p>1) My school only provides weighted GPAs on our transcripts. Will selective schools recalculate that weighted GPA to get an unweighted GPA? (for me, weighted is 4.3something/4.43, and unweighted is probably around 3.8something)</p>
<p>2) My (guesstimated; like I said, my school doesn't give them to us) unweighted GPA is on the lower end (3.8something) but my percentile rank is at least top 10% (maybe top 5%) - will these schools care that my GPA is kinda low since my rank is pretty high? I'm taking the most rigorous courses available to me (Two B+'s, one B, rest are A's and A+'s).</p>
<p>3) Assuming that these schools recalculate my weighted GPA and discover my unweighted GPA of 3.8something, will they care if I'm top 10% and have a 2300 superscored SAT?</p>
<p>I'm sorry if these questions are kind of annoying! I just wanna make sure that I have a shot at these schools.
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>1). Yes, they will. Take a look at this supplement form (second page):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/documents/UG_Admissions_SecondarySchoolReport.pdf”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/documents/UG_Admissions_SecondarySchoolReport.pdf</a></p>
<p>They will report your weighted GPA and the scale that they use.</p>
<p>2). In a sea of 4.0 applicants, schools like HYPS use rigor to help cut their class. If your courses are truly the most difficult available, they won’t mind a few B’s.</p>
<p>3). Absolutely. Are you only applying to colleges that superscore?</p>
<p>@loquatical for the most part, yes. I think a few request all scores (but I’ve heard they usually consider the highest scores anyway). Regardless, my highest single sitting is a 2270, which isn’t too far off a 2300 (it just sounds less impressive 
)</p>
<p>in regards to question 1: Well, to me it looks like I could report my GPA as 4.3/4.43 on that form, as long as I indicate that it’s a weighted GPA… So will colleges re-evaluate that weighted GPA themselves?</p>
<p>in regards to question 2: While I am taking the most rigorous courses my school offers (and have taken a few outside community college courses), the schedule probably isn’t too difficult looking when compared to the schedules of students with a million APs (my school doesn’t offer AP’s). I am taking the most difficult courses available to me, though. Good enough?</p>
<p>Yep, just check that weighted GPA box on the Common App. For some insight on college “reweighting” and GPA calculation, see <a href=“http://www.possibilityu.com/how-calculate-your-“real”-high-school-gpa”>http://www.possibilityu.com/how-calculate-your-“real”-high-school-gpa</a> (I bookmarked the link when I was lurking a while back; can’t remember who posted it).</p>
<p>Admissions officers understand that every school has different courses available, so you’ll be compared with other applicants from your school. </p>