<p>would ivy leagues/UCs/other top schools prefer:</p>
<p>Student A- 3.83UW/4.0W</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>Student B- 3.67UW/4.0W</p>
<p>both are in the top 10% of their classes, and Student B has more AP classes but more B's.</p>
<p>I would assume student B because he or she is taking harder classes while it would look like student A is taking easy classes just to keep A's.</p>
<p>That's a tough call... even though colleges smile at the more rigorous course load, there's a huge diff between 3.83 and 3.67. But I'd still say B has a better chance.</p>
<p>college admin said they are not only look at your GPA but also looking at if you have challenged yourself! (unless youe school doesn't provide AP course-- they know if from counsellor's rec)
In this case I would say B is better</p>
<p>If an adcom is comparing the two kids from the same school then student B.</p>
<p>Just read tokenadult;s post:</p>
<p>1) Admission Test Scores Versus Grades </p>
<p>Everyone knows that the safest position to be in when applying to college is to be a student who has BOTH high test scores and good grades from high school. What do colleges say about what they are looking for when they can't get both? </p>
<p>Over and over and over, what college admissions officers claim to look at most closely as the main admission factor is a student's "transcript." Note that the word is "transcript," NOT "grade average." A Yale admission officer says, "We will look holistically; we will look at everything in your application. . . . We look at how much challenge you have provided yourself." An MIT admission officer says, "What correlates best with grades in the junior and senior years of college is taking the toughest courses in high school. Most students admitted to MIT have a healthy mix of A's and B's." A Duke admission officer says, "Duke asks the question, 'How have you challenged yourself?'" A Harvard admission officer says, "The most important is high school courses and grades. Take good, tough courses. We can tell if you are not challenging yourself." The Harvard viewbook (page 47 of this year's edition) says, "The Admissions Committee recognizes that schools vary by size, academic program, and grading policies, so we do not have rigid grade requirements. There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow, but the strongest applicants take the most rigorous secondary school curricula available to them." Another Harvard admission officer says, "We're trying to understand your high school. A grade of B+ is not the end of the world. We want to know how you avail yourself of resources. It's our job to understand the different high schools in our area."</p>
<p>even if person A has a higher class rank? (both in top 10% though)</p>