@jackisawesome I would agree with you if Admissions officers took one’s GPA in the context of the school(are students from this school consistently kids with much higher GPA’s then Test scores) then they should slightly devalue the effort it took to attain that GPA
@basedchem about 2 days after I submitted, same as my friend.
@BucketsUCSC From what I have heard, they do do that in some way. For example, they will only admit a certain amount from each school and from what I have witnessed, schools with higher reputations are admitted more to certain schools. I think the admissions people know the schools generally; and if not, they look it up. However, most of this is speculation and personal experience, not an objective truth. Definitely agree with what you said btw
i mean if they have a solid system in place then by all means GPA should be valued more. But I live in California where everyone is competing for a spot at UCLA. What some kids end up doing is going to the higher ranked grade-inflating private school right down the street and get into better colleges then they would have at the grade-deflating public school. Many Juniors end up transferring and completely turn their college outlook around. Like @iamjack said they will eventually suffer it seems unfair right now
@BucketsUCSC , the HS profile submitted by those schools will help the colleges equalize the GPA. Those ‘grade inflating’ private schools have small class sizes, tutoring, better teachers, recommendation committees who actually get to know a student, dedicated counseling staffs and are focused on getting their students into higher level universities. And it costs an extra $25K/yr on top of the school taxes the parents already pay.
California’s public schools used to be the among best in the country but no longer. If you think there is no grade inflation in public schools you are dead wrong.
there is I’m speaking off my experience alone. I don’t think small class sizes and better tutoring are the sole reason that more students get 4.0’s at this school, the same students that get 1800’s on their SAT’s and got 3.0’s at their previous public school
@BucketsUCSC , I certainly don’t know the school you are referring to, but our experience with privates is just the opposite of what you have experienced. Sometimes kids a public schools just get lost and don’t do well, and then thrive in a private school. Outgoing kids tend to do well in public schools, but the high performers who are quiet tend to get lost as they (from a PS perspective) are doing just fine and are deemed unnecessary of additional attention. Same applies to the mid level kids you describe above. Public schools are mostly about pushing kids through. There are exceptions, and some are excellent, but few, if any, are as responsive as privates where the parents are paying the bills.
@cottonfleur , for what it’s worth, I’m quite impressed with your figure skating accomplishments. As the parent of a skater, I know how rare it is to make it to Nationals, and the level of dedication/work ethic involved in that pursuit.
Your test scores are problematic, but I think your other accomplishments are noteworthy. Acadeca is no small thing either.
It’s unfortunate that you withdrew your UW app, because I think you may have had a shot there. My older daughter had similar stats (SAT higher, but no APs or subject tests; also on the Acadeca A team and coached skating. NOT a national competitor though! 
) got into UW in 2013.
Best of luck to you.
So what were the results. I’m curious.
UCLA - accept
Berkeley - accept
Davis -accept for sure
Santa Barbara - accept for sure
Irvine - accept for sure
San Diego - accept for sure
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - accept
University of Washington-Seattle - accept
chance me back please!!
@shaybay123 lol for what it’s worth I got into all of the schools that I applied to. My mom was very very surprised, she had the same mentality as a lot of people on this thread that I had no chance in getting into most of the UC’s. However, I will say that people such as @BucketsUCSC really motivated me to try really hard senior year, and my AP scores improved as a result. To @adrinitis I’m sure that you have already gotten your decisions, and I hope that you end up at a school that makes you happy.