Myths

Myth 1: All colleges recalculate GPAs.

Fact: About half of US colleges do not recalculate GPAs.

Source: NACAC 2008 State of College Admission (page 39)

Myth 2: There are more AP and Honors courses in STEM than in humanities.

Fact: The opposite is true:

Source: 2017-18 course catalogs

Myth 3: More Paly students are accepted by Ivy League colleges than Gunn students.

Fact: The opposite is true:

Source: Naviance

Myth 4: Weighted GPAs will enable students to be ranked.

Fact: This depends on what GPA statistics are included in the school profiles. Gunn currently only reports GPA ranges for unweighted GPAs which places the top 48% in a single bucket:

Class of 2017 (6 semesters)

Source: http://gunn.pausd.org/sites/default/files/gunn.profile.20162017REVTKFinal.pdf

Myth 5: Weighted GPAs can be reported upon request.

Fact: Some colleges require all students to report the same way. For example University of Oregon only accepts weighted GPAs if they're reported on all students' transcripts.

Source: Parents called University of Oregon.