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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC had a 1590 SAT, 4.95 WGPA, stellar internships and recommendations.  Accepted at just 1 Ivy, WL in 2 and rejects at others.  flagship state schools were either a WL or acceptances.  Surprised with the outcome. [/quote]

How do you get a 4.95 weighted GPA?

You can only take AP foreign language once[/quote]

Because weighted GPAs are done differently everywhere. In our previous school district, kids were given 0.06 for AP and 0.04 for honors added to the overall GPA.

So, for example, my kid will take 12APs and 8 honors classes, so if he’d stayed at that school and had a 4.0 unweighted. His weighted would be:

4.0+.72+.32=5.04. And that doesn’t even get into the fact that A+s get 4.33 basis points. So, a GPA of 5.3 or higher is possible.

Whereas at his current school—the same classes with the same grades, would land you around a 4.5.

This is why colleges aren’t directly comparing GPAs across schools and someone saying their kid has a 4.3 weighted is meaningless.[/quote]

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