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Originally Posted by Christopher149
Same here. In my graduating class, I was #6 (after the five valedictorians) having taken AP Chem, AP Calc AB, and AP English (don't remember which one), with one quarter of AP English being the reason I was #6. It was never a problem that you didn't earn a bonus to the GPA.
One possible advantage is that many students will dual enroll at the university, so instead of taking lots of honors classes, many just start on college classes senior year. So I got out of high school with just shy of a 4.0, 20 direct college credits and another 14 credits from AP. And I was never interested in the top-tier schools.
PS. Robotics isn't a class here.
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Same. I graduated in 98 with a 3.7. Messed around my freshman year then straight A's the last three years and took every AP class offered, but there was no grade inflation. An A was 4 points no matter what.
I think kids worry too much about a perfect GPA. Good colleges are going to look at that and figure it out for themselves. If you're applying to a college that only looks at the GPA and not what constituted it, then you're applying to the wrong college. Every 'good' college I applied to ended up interviewing me. They never once asked about my GPA - they asked what practical experience I had. My out-of-school programming job, home economics course, cad-cam course, band, tennis, robotics, sailing, and community service etc constituted the entirety of the conversation. In fact, I made a joke about the fact that I belonged to three 'honors societies' that I wanted nothing to do with because they didn't add to me as a person (NHS, Golden Key, and Beta Club). I thought they were pointless, and a couple of my interviewers agreed =).
In the end, even the college that I went to really didn't make a difference. The co-op I had DURING college got me my first out-of-college job. And when you ask all the professionals you work with where they went to school you'll hear a lot of school names you won't recognize. Yet they have great jobs too.
If you are smart and work hard, don't sweat it.