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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It matters. My child applied with equal As and A minuses (no Bs) and very strong extracurriculars and did much differently in top20 admissions than classmates who only had one or two A minuses. [/quote] I don't believe your claim of causality. Most school districts don't even report A-minuses separately from As. Academic rigor, SAT/ACT, achievements, extracurriculars, and diversity/challenge factors matter more than tiny differences in GPA.[/quote] Private schools do report A and A- separately, and most don't weight GPAs. At the top private schools, many kids have very high SATs (above 1550) and strong ECs etc. So absent hooks (esp. for athletes, it seems, and BIG donors), for top students who took the most rigorous courses available, small differences in GPA do matter. [/quote]
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