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What is a High School Profile and What Role Does It Play in College Admissions?

When your college application is considered, your transcript is evaluated side-by-side with your high school profile. This blog post will discuss the information included in the profiles, including GPA, grade and test score distribution, rigor of curriculum, and special programs. To illustrate how this information is shared, we will draw from the examples of five school profiles at public and private secondary schools.

The Role of Grades in College Admissions

Colleges view your academic performance in high school as the strongest predictor of your academic success in college. Find out which grades matter the most and why colleges weigh them so heavily in assessing your application. Read our tips for optimizing your academic coursework in high school as a foundation for successful college admissions.

The Role of Grades in College Admissions

Colleges view your academic performance in high school as the strongest predictor of your academic success in college. Find out which grades matter the most and why colleges weigh them so heavily in assessing your application. Read our tips for optimizing your academic coursework in high school as a foundation for successful college admissions.

Maureen Meyer2022-12-21T12:23:53-05:00December 21st, 2022|Categories: college, College Academics, college admissions, college applications, college list, Collegiate Gateway, Grades, high school curriculum, High school planning, Julie Gross, test-optional|Tags: AP classes, AP test scores, college, College Admissions, College Applications, collegiate gateway, high school curriculum, high school GPA, high school grades, IB program, julie gross, Northwestern University, Stanford University, undergraduate admissions, University of Chicago|

The Role of Grades in College Admissions

Your grades throughout high school remain the most important factor in college admissions. While colleges also look carefully at your standardized test scores, essays, recommendations, and other personal factors, they view your academic performance in high school as the strongest predictor of your academic success in college. Covid-19 has changed ...

Maureen Meyer2020-12-07T22:48:12-05:00December 7th, 2020|Categories: Admissions trends, college, college admissions, Coronavirus, Covid-19, GPA, Grades, High School Curricula, IB|Tags: AP classes, AP test scores, college, College Admissions, College Applications, high school curriculum, high school GPA, high school grades, IB program, Northwestern University, Stanford University, undergraduate admissions, University of Chicago|

The Role of Grades in College Admissions

Your grades throughout high school remain the most important factor in college admissions. While colleges also look carefully at your standardized test scores, essays, recommendations, and other personal factors, they view your grades as the strongest predictor of your academic success in college. This blog explains how colleges view your ...

collegiategateway2020-09-30T13:46:33-04:00March 13th, 2019|Categories: college, college admissions, GPA, Grades, High School Curricula|Tags: admissions factors, admissions trends, AP courses, college, College Admissions, coursework, grades, high school grades, high school transcripts, IB courses, Northwestern University, Stanfrod University, transcripts|

COLLEGE PREPARATION TIMELINE

collegiategateway2017-07-03T20:04:36-04:00June 16th, 2017|Categories: ACT, apps, college, college admissions, College Essays, college research, college visits, Common Application, Early Decision, GPA, Grades|Tags: college, College Admissions, college admissions timeline|

Pass/Fail, and Other Trends in Med School Grading

In recent years, there have been vast changes in the way medical students are evaluated and graded. Most notably, many medical schools have replaced their letter or tiered grading system (honors, high pass, etc.) with a much simpler one: pass or fail. According to a recent AAMC initiative, the number ...

College Grades and Employers: What Matters to Whom

It is not uncommon for students, having worked hard throughout high school in order to gain admission to the college of their dreams, to question the importance of their college grades. Some may think: I’ve gotten into a good college; isn’t it enough to do reasonably well? Does it really ...

collegiategateway2014-01-21T00:10:23-05:00January 19th, 2014|Categories: career, college, GPA, Grades|Tags: Careers, college, employers, employment, GPA, grades, jobs|