Comments on: Weighted GPA, Unweighted GPA, Class Rank, and College Admission http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/ Expert Advice on College Admission Tue, 15 May 2012 22:50:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Terrence Fraser http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 Terrence Fraser Tue, 31 May 2011 04:52:47 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-8397 Hey! just wanted to say that this is a great resource, and I learned a lot just by reading the article and looking at the Q/A. Thanks so much! :) Hey! just wanted to say that this is a great resource, and I learned a lot just by reading the article and looking at the Q/A. Thanks so much! :)

]]> By: Mark Montgomery http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-8262 Mark Montgomery Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:36:25 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-8262 Hi, Daniel, Colleges like MIT look at GPA as only one factor of many. So without knowing any of the other factors involved, I can't really say what sort of chance you have to get into MIT. Let me know if you'd like to talk further. Thanks for writing in! Hi, Daniel,
Colleges like MIT look at GPA as only one factor of many. So without knowing any of the other factors involved, I can’t really say what sort of chance you have to get into MIT. Let me know if you’d like to talk further.
Thanks for writing in!

]]> By: Daniel A. Parra http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-8244 Daniel A. Parra Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:13:42 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-8244 Hello, my G.P.A is a 3.83 unweighted but my weighted one is 4.05 can I get into schools like harvard or M.I.T like this?????? Hello, my G.P.A is a 3.83 unweighted but my weighted one is 4.05 can I get into schools like harvard or M.I.T like this??????

]]> By: Carl http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-8143 Carl Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:48:32 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-8143 Mark, My daughter's high school weighted gpa is 2.935. Her grades are A+, A, B+, B+, C and C-. This was actually for the first semester, with 5.0 class credits. How did the school get this figure? Thanks Mark,

My daughter’s high school weighted gpa is 2.935. Her grades are A+, A, B+, B+, C and C-. This was actually for the first semester, with 5.0 class credits. How did the school get this figure?

Thanks

]]> By: Mark Montgomery http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6930 Mark Montgomery Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:09:23 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6930 Hi, Gretchen. I'll tell you a quick story. We have a new client who is number one in his class and has a perfect score of 2400 on his SAT. He was denied admission to MIT, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. The moral of the story is that your class rank (whether it is #1 or #5 or whatever) may not make a hill of beans worth of difference in college admission. If you are concerned about your rank, you must take up the issue with officials at your school. Every school has different policies. But do not hold too much stock in being #1. Top schools routinely reject valedictorians every year. It's nice to be #1. But as my new client discovered, it holds no guarantee of admission. Best of luck! Hi, Gretchen.
I’ll tell you a quick story. We have a new client who is number one in his class and has a perfect score of 2400 on his SAT. He was denied admission to MIT, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. The moral of the story is that your class rank (whether it is #1 or #5 or whatever) may not make a hill of beans worth of difference in college admission. If you are concerned about your rank, you must take up the issue with officials at your school. Every school has different policies. But do not hold too much stock in being #1. Top schools routinely reject valedictorians every year. It’s nice to be #1. But as my new client discovered, it holds no guarantee of admission.
Best of luck!

]]> By: Gretchen http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6150 Gretchen Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:52:04 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6150 Hi Mark, At my high school they have weighted courses. We also have a community college nearby that junior and senior students are allowed to take classes from. A classmate and I have taken the same weighted courses and recieved the same grades, but because he has taken a few college courses and those do not give him a credit I have more credits than him. By having more credits that has diluted my GPA where I have consistently earned all A's. Any advice for me on how I can take it up with my school so I may have my deserved class rank of 1? Hi Mark,
At my high school they have weighted courses. We also have a community college nearby that junior and senior students are allowed to take classes from. A classmate and I have taken the same weighted courses and recieved the same grades, but because he has taken a few college courses and those do not give him a credit I have more credits than him. By having more credits that has diluted my GPA where I have consistently earned all A’s. Any advice for me on how I can take it up with my school so I may have my deserved class rank of 1?

]]> By: Mark Montgomery http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6056 Mark Montgomery Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:16:43 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6056 You are quite welcome! You are quite welcome!

]]> By: K'ren http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6041 K'ren Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:42:42 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6041 Well, Mark, it may not be what I was expecting, but it makes the most sense to me. Now we just have to convince everyone else involved in this decision (including the kids). Thanks for you simple honest opinion. Well, Mark, it may not be what I was expecting, but it makes the most sense to me. Now we just have to convince everyone else involved in this decision (including the kids). Thanks for you simple honest opinion.

]]> By: Mark Montgomery http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6035 Mark Montgomery Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:06:24 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6035 Hi, Karen, Thanks for writing in. Your question raises many complexities. So why not simplify by doing what many other schools have done: eliminate rank altogether. Many fine private schools have bagged it. Many public schools don't do it. Does your school need to find some scientific way to split hairs that cannot be split? Especially if the concern is the self-esteem of the "regular" kids, or the desire to limit competition among the superstars...just bag the whole idea, give everyone a gold star, and let the colleges sort it out. They can, and they will: all they have to do is look at a kid's transcript and see whether they are taking hard courses and performing well. They don't need a numerical ranking to determine whether a kid is qualified to attend their school. Seriously: bag it. Maybe this wasn't the answer you were expecting, but I hope it helps frame the issue in a new way. Good luck! Hi, Karen,
Thanks for writing in. Your question raises many complexities. So why not simplify by doing what many other schools have done: eliminate rank altogether. Many fine private schools have bagged it. Many public schools don’t do it. Does your school need to find some scientific way to split hairs that cannot be split? Especially if the concern is the self-esteem of the “regular” kids, or the desire to limit competition among the superstars…just bag the whole idea, give everyone a gold star, and let the colleges sort it out. They can, and they will: all they have to do is look at a kid’s transcript and see whether they are taking hard courses and performing well. They don’t need a numerical ranking to determine whether a kid is qualified to attend their school.

Seriously: bag it.

Maybe this wasn’t the answer you were expecting, but I hope it helps frame the issue in a new way. Good luck!

]]> By: K'ren http://greatcollegeadvice.com/weighted-gpa-unweighted-gpa-class-rank-and-college-admission/comment-page-1/#comment-6032 K'ren Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:49:55 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1533#comment-6032 A small clarification: I mean 4 or 5 weighted academic classes each semester. A small clarification: I mean 4 or 5 weighted academic classes each semester.

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