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Old 11-24-2007, 09:22 PM
Ganjasaurus Rex Ganjasaurus Rex is offline
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Default Re: College App Question: SAT scores vs. GPA

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Btw, is your GPA adjusted already for the AP classes you took?

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no, i didnt bother since my school offers so few AP courses. my school tends to try to offer harder courses that aren't APs for whatever their philisophical reason, but for example my math class is college level but there isnt an AP for it, same is true of modern physics, and it is in the course description that number theory is harder than any AP offered. the others i dont know how they stack up compared to other highschools/colleges but generally my schools classes are harder than other hs.

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You're going to want to take some time to convince your schools of this. If your high school is on some list of top-tier HS's in the nation, then by all means make sure you mention that. One thing you have to keep in mind is that these decisions are based on quantitative evidence (rankings, etc.) rather than qualitative evidence. So telling them that your school is hard isn't enough unless you have quantitative evidence to back that claim up.
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