<p>Which is more important for college admissions unweighted or weighted GPA? Someone could have a 4.86 w and 3.7 uw yet another person could have a 3.8 uw and a 4.2 weighted. Which is preferred?</p>
<p>The problem with comparing GPAs on this website is that everyone schools weigh things differently/have different systems. Generally the unweighted GPAs are pretty consistent, but weighted is a mess. A lot of schools recalculate student GPAs to their own measures to make up for this discrepancy. </p>
<p>If you want an answer to “which ones better” i’d probably go with a 4.86 and 3.7 due to the differences - and it shows you did better in the more challenging classes. </p>
<p>Unless you know the weighting system, you cannot make much of an assessment based on weighted GPAs, especially if they are based on different weighting methods.</p>
<p>The simplest answer is UW GPA with rigor. Basically, that means the ideal is 3.8+ with 6-8 APs, most of them cores (that would be AP Calc, AP Eng Lang, APUSH, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Physics - Mech, as one possible list) if your school offers them.</p>
<p>^Yeah.
Basically taking rigor courses and yet maintain your grades at A- or above. You should try to push the course rigorous level as much as you can without sacrificing your GPA. The balance between rigorous and GPA is hard to define and vary from school to school. At the end, GPA (w or uw) is not a standardized value.</p>
<p>To level the playing field, colleges recalculate your GPA. 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></p>
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<p>^ Different schools have different practice. Some don’t recalculate GPA at all. Some would drop the subgrades, some count only core courses, some skip freshmen grades. Even recalculation has no standard way.</p>
<p>You can also contact the each admissions office and ask how they calculate it.</p>