> 3.5 is not a particularly high bar I'm assuming that's 3.5/4.0. At least where my kids are in school in Texas, that ceiling is now 5.0: if you take honors/A

> 3.5 is not a particularly high bar I'm assuming that's 3.5/4.0. At least where my kids are in school in Texas, that ceiling is now 5.0: if you take honors/AP classes, they're weighted a full point above the "ordinary" classes, so if you take all advanced courses and get all A's, your final GPA will be a 5.0.