GPA Weighting

In our school we do have wieghted gpa, but I heard that there is a kid in the junior class that is in the top 20 but takes all general classes.
 
The variations in "weighted/unweighted" and the lax or liberal grading policies at different high schools is exactly why GPA is not a major factor in deciding admission to the academies.

A much better profile of the candidate is obtained by his class rank - how he stacks up against similar students in the same school who were offered the same class catalog of courses. Cream rises to the top.

Admissions will look at you school profile - how many AP are offered, how many students take AP final exams and pass them, how many go on to 2 year college, how many go on to 4 year college, as well as what courses (AP, honors, or regular) YOU took and passed.

This is also why the national tests (SAT/ACT) are also heavily relied upon as they are identical across the country.
 
My D's school is small. didnt even have a profile made until I had to go to the Superintendent to request one !??! This is the first year for AP bio and AP calc.. my D is in pre-calc and the AP bio.. AND yeah she dislikes the idea that others in easy classes are in the top of the class because they are getting "A's" I guess it has actually been a topic of discussion now to where they might start weighing the grades. It does make sense... Most kids seem to get all their required classes out of the way, and in their senior year have only 2-4 required classes... so then they take wood shop, pe and home ec... that is rough when those A grades knock a AP bio and other real classes.
 
Worse is what happened to me:

I was a transfer student the first day of my junior year (last year) and because i hadn't spend 4 semesters in this school they weren't "allowed" to sum me up a GPA or class rank. If I hadn't complained (and this is me, not my parents), I never would have made the National Honor Society or have had an "estimated" GPA and class rank. You guys have no idea how pissed I was. I kept telling them to calculate me one, right now so they can see that I deserved to have all of those things, they looked at me like I was just another low-achieving student looking to waste their time. It's funny how teachers and administrators treat students. Once they fidgeted one for the next day, they almost kissed my feet and tried their best to make their apologies please me. I almost laughed. Anyway, this was toward the end of my junior year and my GPA was only half-arsed. They still couldn't officially make one, and our class ranks didn't come out till beginning of October of our senior year. I was mad, but everyone was on the same boat so I figured I would save my breath for later.

The beginning of that summer, I had an epiphany and realized that I very much wanted to attend this academy, but I couldn't complete my online preliminary application since I had crucial paperwork missing. I got mad but there was no one from school with whom to talk to so I waited. Towards the end of the summer, I felt like I was way behind on my application so I calculated my GPA and class rank (to the best of my knowledge) and had to submit it (It turns out that my calculations didn't give me justice, but I'm glad they met the board's preliminary's minimum). Come September, I start training for the CFA and started fighting with my counselor about how I needed a class rank blah blah blah. It goes on for about a month until everyone else's GPAs and class ranks come out and mine are still being disputed. The school gives in and decide to give me a GPA and an "estimated" class rank (which just means that I'll know where I "ghostly stand next to my peers.") and realize that I came out to be number 9 of 299 and with a GPA of 4.12. Congratulations blah blah blah... "how is it useful to me?" i asked. I could send it to colleges, but only say that it is estimated. :( whatever, I finished my application and now I'm here.

So in conclusion- Schools are out to get us! haha kidding, but they can give people a hard time.

...that was long
 
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