GPA Archives - College Initiative Helping families to successfully navigate the college admissions process Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:26:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://collegeinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-logoSQUARE-02-e1683223180849-32x32.png GPA Archives - College Initiative 32 32 The Importance of High School Context in College Admission https://collegeinitiative.net/2025/11/24/high-school-context/ https://collegeinitiative.net/2025/11/24/high-school-context/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:38:50 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=3424 Like everything related to college admission, context matters. And an important way to assess applicants is through high school context.

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]]> https://collegeinitiative.net/2023/11/08/what-does-holistic-college-admission-mean/feed/ 3 The Ivy League Academic Index and Student Athletes https://collegeinitiative.net/2022/07/18/ivy-league-academic-index/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:17:13 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2661 Wondering if athletics might give your student the edge they need to get into an Ivy? It's time to learn about the Ivy league academic index.

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]]> Why You Really Need to Check Out the College Common Data Set https://collegeinitiative.net/2022/04/11/college-common-data-set/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:22:28 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2615 What if I told you there was information readily available online that would go a long way in helping your student more accurately assess their chance of admission at a particular college?  I’m not talking about those threads that high school students do on some forums called “Chance Me for Admissions at XYZ University.”   I’m...

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]]> College Admissions Competition (Who Are Students Really Competing Against?) https://collegeinitiative.net/2022/03/17/college-admissions-competition/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:47:32 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2602 The perception is that it's a college admissions competition among applicants. But applicants are not competing against who they think they are.

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]]> 6 Common App Mistakes to Avoid https://collegeinitiative.net/2021/08/09/common-app-mistakes/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:02:18 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2445 If your student is finishing up their college applications on the Common Application platform, congratulations!  Before hitting “Submit,” your teen might want to review some of the most common, Common App mistakes to make sure their application is ready to go.  And if your senior has not yet begun working on their applications, it might...

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]]> What Does It Take to Get Into an Ivy? https://collegeinitiative.net/2020/09/16/what-does-it-take-to-get-into-an-ivy/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:49:46 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=2110 (And Other Super Selective Schools) Know that the information I’ll talk about in this article does not only apply to Ivy league colleges. It will be true for any college that accepts only a small percentage of applicants, Ivy or not. But, since the question in the title is, “What does it take to get...

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]]> High School Courses: Calculating High School GPA for College Admissions https://collegeinitiative.net/2019/10/07/calculating-high-school-gpa-for-college/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:14:35 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=1737 It’s time to talk about something that many families don’t discover or understand until it’s college application time.  Sometimes, families don’t even realize it then.  But application time is often when you discover that your student’s high school GPA (Grade Point Average) is not necessarily the same GPA that colleges will look at for admission. ...

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]]> How Important is Demonstrated Interest for College Admission? https://collegeinitiative.net/2019/08/28/how-important-is-demonstrated-interest/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:00:34 +0000 https://collegeinitiative.net/?p=1675 Due to the ease of applying through the Common and Coalition college application platforms, students are applying to more colleges than ever before.  And colleges are well aware of that trend.  It makes their job more difficult because they want to admit the students who are most likely to attend. Maybe that makes the answer...

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