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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 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|