Do colleges look at how hard your high school was?

Question

I go to a very hard roman catholic preparatory school for boys and I am just trying to get by with 3.0. As I hear from friends from other high schools they tell me that there life is a breeze and they have a very high gpa. When I entered this high school I had a very high gpa also and I could've gone to a much easier high and get a higher gpa. Will colleges take look at the academic difference between different schools, especially local colleges.

Answer 1

Your high school probably has a reputation. They take in account of things like the class size, the class average gpa. I mean pretty much they look at how you are in comparison to your high school not how hard the high school is. But I do know that most colleges are aware of private schools and the usual gpa's and class ranks from those schools that get in. They should also see you went to another high school and factor in transfer differences. In my case I got screwed because I changed states and lost class credits.... but if they are in the same state you should be fine!