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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most have OVER a 4.0. AP classes are weighted higher. W-L had 260+ valedictorians last year (in a class of 500ish).  Valedictorian being anything over a 4.0.

Sorry to burst the bubble of the cheater posters. [/quote]

They should use the unweighted GPA.

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That is a terrible idea.  That just discourages students from taking challenging courses so they can get high grades in easier levels.[/quote]

You know that most competitive colleges do use unweighted and have a second variable for rigor, right?

This is because HS weighting metrics are very varied (and some don't weight at all) so this method is a common denominator.

So they already do this. [/quote]

A second variable for rigor is the same as weighting difficult classes.  I see no difference in weighting the classes before you send the application off to the admissions committee or if they do it after they get it.[/quote]

Are you the PP who objected with "That is a terrible idea" above?

They get it all, the raw grades and the weighted and unweighted GPAs.

The weighted GPA is variable depending how the HS does it.  Some are on a 5 point scale, most in 4.  Some don't give a bump for AP over honors although most do. Some don't weight at all, like the top 10 magnet school in my area.

So there is a potential huge difference between the weighted GPA sent from the HS and the one calculated by the adcoms.  Not all competitive colleges do it the same way, but generally this is how it is done, and any book written by an ex-adcom from a top college will explain this in detail if you are interested in learning.[/quote]

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