<p>I’m sure this has been said before but having gone to a private school and also knowing and being friends with a lot of guys who go to public school, the GPA can be really misleading. One of the things I liked about the William and Mary information session was when they said that they dont calculate an average GPA because they only look at a GPA in accordance with your school and it would be impossible to truly average all of the different schools together. I mean schools weight completely differently and also have different scales. Another thing is that some schools have an honors course for everything while some schools don’t feel a need to do that.</p>
<p>In fact I just found out that the public schools in my area automatically give honors credit to students who move on to Spanish III. At my school it is expected of a student to take at least 3 years of a language and thus honors credit will never be given to a student who does it. I don’t mean to come off as trying to say that private schools are better than public schools, because there are plenty of public schools that are absolutely outstanding. However GPA’s can be so misleading that I don’t think they can be true indication of how smart students are when compared with one another. </p>
<p>Of course that is why a student profile is included with applications. Sorry if this comes off as rambling but it is my opinion on the subject.</p>