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[quote=Anonymous]Most (not necessarily all) competitive schools go through a rigorous calibration process when evaluating GPAs. This is, of course, for the obvious reason that different schools (regionally, public/private, IB, AP bump) use non-comparable methodologies and scales. Further, all high schools typically submit a School Profile through their counseling departments that provides key data on a typical graduating class (% attending 4yr college, distribution of grades given, number of accelerated courses offered, and occasionally board score distribution). So, even if a college on the west coast is less "familiar" with the reputations of our local schools, they do have data at their disposal to make rough comparisons. Grades in an absolute sense do matter - but class rank and a willingness to take challenging courses matter more. [/quote]
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