<p>Your grades are in the context of your school. And if he reports his 1 (which I doubt) and you report your 4 to the same college, they’ll assume that there’s grade inflation/deflation, assuming it’s part of a trend.</p>
<p>Now, I personally say that numbers do not measure one’s ability or intelligence. It merely measures one’s diligence and reliability. Don’t get me started on the SAT…</p>
<p>Well I’m not trying to make my friend look bad or whatsoever. In fact, I am having the same trouble. I am current taking AP computer science online. It does a terrible job of teaching java. I have a 96 in the class, but I am not well prepared for the ap exam. I feel like I don’t deserve that high grade when all we can do is look for answers on the internet. I totally believe that the ap exam will do a WAY better job to reflect my knowledge than my high average. With my personal experience, I have even more doubt on what the GPA can reflect on a person.</p>
<p>It really sucks that GPA matters. I agree with the poster because GPA is simply a reflection of hard work. I think that ap tests, sat subject tests, and the sat should be more important than the GPA. These tests actually reflect a student’s knowledge of the subject while the GPA simply shows how hard a student worked in his/her classes.</p>
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<p>Anecdotes: Because **** Statistics</p>
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<p>Uh, yeah they do. When you apply, you allow them to judge you however they damn well please. If you don’t approve of that, you don’t have to go to college, I suppose. </p>
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<p>You still can submit them, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they played some role (even if it is small). </p>
<p>Overall, colleges will know that GPA is not the same at each high school. That’s why they don’t simply accept the applicants with the highest GPA’s. And this is where rank and standardized testing come into play. All three methods of evaluation have flaws, so all three will be considered (some schools may weigh them differently).</p>
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<p>This has been said before, but: Yes different schools have different standards, but that is why they judge your GPA in relations to your school (ex. API score of a high school in California) and how many AP classes you take because not all schools offer the same number of AP classes.</p>