Question about GPAs over 4.0

[Anonymous]

Many schools don’t look at the GPA at all. They look at the classes the student took and the grades they received.

A place like UMD doesn’t need to recalculate MCPS grades bc they have so many MCPS applicants that they understand what the GPA means. But they still need to look at the actual classes that were taken.

UVA’s Dean J says they don’t look at GPA. They look at courses and grades in the context of the classes offered.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it

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Schools don't have time to read applications, let alone plug all the kiddos grades in a calculator. Some (if not all) schools send rank in class or note that the kid is top 10% of the class, which is way better criteria than a GPA which is not apples to apples across all schools

Actually most high schools don’t rank anymore.

The counselor report on the common app includes a question for subjective rank:
1% 5% 10% etc.

Yes but many privates refuse to complete it.

but they still send in a "school profile" which makes it clear exactly where every student stands. It presents top GPA, percentages of students with certain GPAs in the senior class, no of APs offered, percent of students who take those classes,e tc. It takes a university reader exactly two minutes to figure out the kid's class rank. This system allows the schools to say "we don't rank" but they do (of course - it's all computerized!) and it either comes out in the class profile, the college counselor's letter of recommendation; whether or not the "most rigorous" courses have been taken, GPA compared to class, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD had over 15 APs and took them all during the (public) school year. At the time of college apps junior year, she had a 4.9. She did not do all 4 yrs of HS in VA for the record so before anyone comes at me with how or why she took so many, she started freshman year with APs at her previous HS.

Also GPAs are recalculated by the college reviewing. Every school has their unique way of reviewing GpAs.

Are you saying 15 APs by the end of her junior year, or at the time of graduation?

18 at graduation.

That’s amazing. Average of five classes freshman through junior year, none outside the school. Between PE, English and FL, I would have thought an average of five per year would be impossible.

I know a Governor's school kid who had taken so many college courses by the time she applied to UVA that she had a 6.0+. She entered as a second year student. My kid had taken ONE college science course during summer and I thought that was impressive.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it

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Schools don't have time to read applications, let alone plug all the kiddos grades in a calculator. Some (if not all) schools send rank in class or note that the kid is top 10% of the class, which is way better criteria than a GPA which is not apples to apples across all schools

Actually most high schools don’t rank anymore.

The counselor report on the common app includes a question for subjective rank:
1% 5% 10% etc.

Yes but many privates refuse to complete it.

but they still send in a "school profile" which makes it clear exactly where every student stands. It presents top GPA, percentages of students with certain GPAs in the senior class, no of APs offered, percent of students who take those classes,e tc. It takes a university reader exactly two minutes to figure out the kid's class rank. This system allows the schools to say "we don't rank" but they do (of course - it's all computerized!) and it either comes out in the class profile, the college counselor's letter of recommendation; whether or not the "most rigorous" courses have been taken, GPA compared to class, etc.

Our major, high-performing public HS in California just this year stripped away the GPA distribution in the school profile, following years of explicitly not ranking its students (but inadvertently tipping their hand with the GPA distribution data).

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Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it

This

Schools don't have time to read applications, let alone plug all the kiddos grades in a calculator. Some (if not all) schools send rank in class or note that the kid is top 10% of the class, which is way better criteria than a GPA which is not apples to apples across all schools

Actually most high schools don’t rank anymore.

The counselor report on the common app includes a question for subjective rank:
1% 5% 10% etc.

Yes but many privates refuse to complete it.

but they still send in a "school profile" which makes it clear exactly where every student stands. It presents top GPA, percentages of students with certain GPAs in the senior class, no of APs offered, percent of students who take those classes,e tc. It takes a university reader exactly two minutes to figure out the kid's class rank. This system allows the schools to say "we don't rank" but they do (of course - it's all computerized!) and it either comes out in the class profile, the college counselor's letter of recommendation; whether or not the "most rigorous" courses have been taken, GPA compared to class, etc.

My 3 kids attended 3 different private high schools in the DMV. None of the 3 provided this information to colleges.