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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Colleges recalculate your GPA based on their own standards. The only area I could see this hurting is in class rankings.
Honestly, the bigger issue here is how this emphasizes our cultural demand for perfectionism. It isn't healthy.
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It is unhealthy, but if you want to keep up sometimes it's necessary for those who are aiming for the highest tier of schools. Taking classes like robotics at our school can potentially put you out of the running for the top 10 altogether, and even lower if you've ever gotten a B.
I wish GPA/class rank didn't have such a big emphasis, but that's the game high schoolers are being forced to play.
And I realize that there's more to life than GPA and class rank and what college you go to. I'm just saying that at some point, every applicant to some schools (i.e Ivy League) begins to have several valuable extracurriculars and very good test scores, with remarkable stories int heir essays. Naturally, students shooting for these colleges will be looking to squeeze out every advantage they can for their applications, one being their GPA and class rank.