is 3.1 gpa in a magnet school any good?

Question

Hope you know what a magnet school is.
Its a school where only smart students or academically intelligent students go.
My GPA is a 3.1, if i get a's and b's for the coming years or a's will that help my gpa.

My school is one of the toughest schools (academically not drugs and violence and all that) in the southeast. It is on the list for the best 20 high schools in america.
IS A 3.1 gpa there any good at all

Answer 1

It depends on what the average GPA at that school is. If it's truly a tough school, as you claim, and the average GPA is something like a 2.5, then yes, a 3.1 scores big points for you. If the average GPA is a 3.1 or higher, than it will be hard for an outsider (i.e. colleges or employers) to tell if you are just "average among very smart kids" (good) or "not as smart as the other kids at that school" (bad).

Example: At my university, I finished my engineering degree with a 2.8 GPA. That doesn't sound so hot, until you realize that the average engineering grad from this particular school could only manage a 2.2, and 60% of the kids who were computer science majors (my major) didn't even finish.

Being one of the 20 best high schools in America helps, but more precise numbers would be more meaningful.

(And BTW, it would also help to spell "America" with a capital "A", and "GPA" as a capitalized acronym, if you want to convince people you are "academically intelligent.")

Answer 2

No it's not. Yes, your school is impressive, but you have to remember that there are more impressive kids in your school. So, while colleges know your school is good, they consider college to be tougher so you don't show you're that great. And yes, if you get A's, that will help your GPA. A B+ will help a little, otherwise, a B or B- will hurt. Do you understand how a GPA is calculated?

I went to a magnet school (one that they intentionally excluded from that Newsweek list because it had too many smart kids in it - yes, sounds like a stupid reason to me too). Didn't get that great a GPA. It would have been better for me to have gone to the regular high school and gotten a much higher GPA there in terms of college.

However, I have no regrets. All my friends are really smart and successful and I fit in well at the high school. The school really toughened me. Because I went to a slightly lower college, I kicked butt there because it felt easy compared to high school. Still went to a good grad school.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

i thought magnet schools were for blacks and spanards.