What's the reason for not maintaining a homogenous weighted GPA for whole country? GPA varies so much from district to district, some are using 5.0 some 6.0 and some 10.0, then some count fine arts towards GPA but others don't. Some count perfect grade at 97 some at 95. Some places kids can take choir or theater without any penalty , other places they mess up their GPA. Some do block scheduling, others do single period. Some let freshman take AP sciences but other won't allow it until junior year. Some have French 5 as AP, others as honors. This skews things and reflects favorably on some and bad on others. Which admission officer is going to bother with the reason for Jim's lower GPA was due to 4 years of GPA hit on choir while Jill on paper looks like some one who managed higher GPA while taking choir. GPA system needs reform.
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