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How Universities Make Admissions Decisions: 15 Factors

Koodoos Learning

Class Rank Many high schools no longer provide a class ranking system, but if they do, it’s based on your GPA compared to the rest of your class. Essay or Writing Samples Your admissions essay and other writing supplements throughout the application will say a lot about you, providing context to your overall application.

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Arkansas Schools Defy State’s AP African American Studies Limits

BestColleges

Clarke Tucker publicly stated that the ADE told him schools can offer AP African American Studies as a local elective credit if the curriculum and materials do not violate state law. Because of this though, the class wouldn't have a weighted influence on students' GPA like AP classes usually do.

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How to Get Into Columbia Medical School: Requirements and Strategies

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Let’s take a look at some numbers for the class of 2025: Applications: 8,080 Interviews: 852 Matriculants: 140 Median GPA: 3.93 GPAs and top-percentile test scores? GPAs and top-percentile test scores? Note that AP credit will not count towards the prerequisites listed above.

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How to Succeed as a Rutgers Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Chances are, you probably opted to take AP courses in high school to fast-track your college education by eliminating the number of courses you’d need to take. Additionally, AP credit usually counts for introductory college courses. That’s not to say that a low GPA (usually defined as one that is less than 3.5)

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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

Tex Admissions

GPA guarantees admission to Liberal Arts. GPA: UT used to have a 3.0 Keep in mind that they do not replace grades, so if you failed Calculus and earned a B later on, both are considered in your GPA calculation. You can use this GPA calculator to help see you’re overall grades/credits. You must apply as a transfer.

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FAQs About AP Course Selections.Answered!

DC College Counseling

Plus, your GPA might get a boost, depending on whether or not your high school uses a weighted GPA scale. AP classes may save you time and money later on, because you have the potential to earn college credits and maybe even bypass some introductory classes once you get to college. And that’s not all.

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How to Succeed as a Duke Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

High-achieving high school students always have questions about using AP credits. At Duke, students can subtract a total of two AP credits from the 34 needed for graduation, so students with at least two credits will only need to complete 32 credits at Duke to graduate in four years.