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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]depends entirely on your school's weighting policy, which varies district to district and also with privates.

In my kids school, the valedictorian had something like a 4.70. My DS had a 4.6 and was in the top 3% of his class. Honors classes got a .5 bump and AP and DE got a full 1.0 bump.[/quote]
Our (non-DMV) DC had a 4.0 uw/4.49w and wasn’t even top 10 [i]percent[/i] in their class of 400+. But DC got into all schools applied to and had 40+ DE credits that transferred (including their “A” letter grade so will start off with a very nice cumulative GPA!).

So it’s all in what you make of it. [/quote]

Where did your kid end up?[/quote]
At a school [i]DC[/i] loved and one who loved them back: WVU.

It checked all the right boxes: direct admit to a highly-selective program, took 75%+ of DE credits, generous non-need merit aid, mountain air, away from mom-n-dad, and a respectable Marching Band (with a director willing to work with the wonky scheduling that clinicals and ROTC require).

JMU would've been the in-state choice but doesn't have an on-site, teaching hospital and DC hated UVA.....so over the Mountains and thru the woods, down the Country Roads we go to WVU.[/quote]

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