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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people follow Dean J on Instagram, she has repeatedly said that a GPA does not really mean anything. I am guessing this goes for Admissions Officers at all highly competitive schools. The transcripts matter the most. Did the student take the most challenging classes that were offered in their high school? Did they show growth and improvement?  A GPA greater than a 4.0 with classes that are not rigorous, does not mean that much. They also know the high schools and areas that they are reading for so if a grading system is easy/hard, this is their job to know this. So for those worried about "inflated" GPA's, trust that these Admissions Officers know what they're doing. [/quote]

People are overthinking this. Saying transcripts matter but GPA doesn't is silly. High GPA is a proxy for high rigor and good performance in classes. Dean J reads for Fairfax County. If she sees a kid with a sub 4.3, they either didn't take the most rigorous classes or they didn't do that well in the classes that they took.  Can a kid kid from FCPS still get in with something less? Sure. But it is a lot tougher and there better be a good story.[/quote]

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