What kind of GPA does admission use?

Applying to College
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<p>Weighted or unweighted?I mean on college websites and collegeboard.com i see 95% students with gpa 3.75 and higher.So is that weighted or unweighted GPA?</p>

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<p>Of the ones I've seen, unweighted.</p>

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<p>So why do people weigh their average then?</p>

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<p>Weighted averages are used in high schools to determine class ranking--so the students in AP classes get credit for the extra effort and harder curriculum.</p>

<p>At top colleges, they assume you are taking the hardest courses offered, and so they might use your unweighted grades to compare you to other applicants with similar courses. (Some HS use 4.0, 5.0, even 9.0 scales, so they must convert all of them to one scale.)</p>

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<p>I have another question.How important GPA is for colleges?Colleges that i want to apply 90-98% of students that get accepted have 3.75 gpa and higher.If i have 3.7 GPA do i still have a chance of getting in?</p>

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<p>^well, there's still a 10%-2% that don't have a 3.75 or higher, right? so you do have a chance.</p>

<p>what college are you talking about, anyways?</p>

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<p>these ones</p>

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<p>Those are really hard schools. Depending on how difficult your school is in terms of grading (and your class rank and such), you may have a pretty good chance gpa-wise.</p>

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<p>do colleges look at grade improvement?My gpa freshman year was 75.Sophmore and junior was 90-100(different grades for different classes).Will colleges notice my improvement?</p>