<p>Do colleges look at weighted or non weighted? Which matters more when theres no class rank? If gpa is low is it better to submit ACT or sat? Or both...</p>
<p>Bump bumpyyy</p>
<p>Colleges consider both GPA types when considering an applicant for admission.</p>
<p>Your weighted GPA is used to evaluate your class rank and help analyze the difficulty level of the classes you took.</p>
<p>Your unweighted GPA is just a general number to stack you up against the rest of the applicants who may have different weighted GPA scales. This makes comparison between applicants easier to do.</p>
<p>With a broad question such as you’ve asked, it’s really impossible to say, “This is what colleges do.” There are just too many colleges, and they don’t all do the same thing.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, you should assume that a college is going to look at any information it’s given. If your high school sends a weighted GPA and an unweighted one, a weighted class rank and an unweighted one (which is what my kids’ HS did), assume that a college will look at all of it. I agree with jaspigel that UW GPA makes it easier to compare you with applicants from other high schools, and W GPA gives colleges a better sense of where you stand within your own HS graduating class.</p>
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<p>It seems kind of obvious that it’s better to submit the score that’s better! (You can get a sense of how to compare them here: [The</a> ACT | ACT-SAT Concordance | ACT](<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/]The”>The ACT Test for Students | ACT).) So you must be asking something a little bit different. If your SAT and ACT are comparable and both good, send both. One score validates the other. But be aware that high standardized test scores won’t erase the effect of mediocre grades. The combination of high test scores and mediocre grades does cause a lot of selective colleges and universities to wonder whether an applicant is a bit of a slacker, who’s unlikely to succeed in a competitive academic environment.</p>