Can I get an opinion on my grades?

[TheWhiteTornado]

To start off, my school is very big (about 700 people in my class alone) and crazy competetive. On top of that I'm friends with the types who are in all honors with straight A's so my perception of my grades is kind of skewed seeing as I always compare myself to the best. Would anyone mind giving me a quick opinion on whether they think they're decent/good/bad?

I'm a Junior in High School, I have a GPA of about 4.7, I'm rank 97 or so out of 700ish, am in two AP classes with an honors science, my lowest grade is a 79 in AP History.

Forgive me if I'm just being paranoid, but I always put myself down because I compare myself to my friends who are insanely intelligent in order to motivate myself and it hasn't exactly proven to be the smartest choice

[DivingCheska]

the highest gpa is a 4.0 so I honestly dont know how yours is higher inless taking ap classes allows it to be higher. Most people usally only can get 4.0 so your grades are beyond normal. which is a good thing

[TheWhiteTornado]

I think the highest in our school is either a 6.0 which is all hundreds in all honors classes, but I can't think of anyone near that.

Anyways sorry to bug everyone with this, I just can't really look at my grades positively without someone else's views on it.

[Yen]

Your grades are more than fine . Anything beyond a 4.0 is just icing on a fat, delicious cake . A 79 in an AP course is still awesomeley high. Don't worry about a thing!

[Chzburger]

A 4.7 GPA is stellar. Nothing to be worried about.

Don't get into a grade competition with your friends. Honestly, it makes all of you seem very arrogant and conceited to others.

[TheWhiteTornado]

Oh, I think I put that wrong. I don't try to compete with my friends, I just tend to compare myself to them in my head and they're always far better than mine so I tend to think lowly upon my own grades seeing as I've grown up with some genius guys. I don't mean that I openly compete with my friends to see who can do best, I just use that as the impetus to do better.

[Double X]

Hard to judge because my school uses the 4.0 so I am not familiar with what a 6.0 scale corresponds to, if you are 97/700, that's the 86th percentile. Good, especially if you are in a tough high school

cheers

[her_beautiful_mistake]

Originally Posted by TheWhiteTornado

Oh, I think I put that wrong. I don't try to compete with my friends, I just tend to compare myself to them in my head and they're always far better than mine so I tend to think lowly upon my own grades seeing as I've grown up with some genius guys. I don't mean that I openly compete with my friends to see who can do best, I just use that as the impetus to do better.

I openly compete with my friends, it makes me work harder! Hehe.

I don't know what your grades mean as I'm in the UK.

[emerson]

That's a fantastic GPA. Well done I think you'll be fine, but do you have a guidance counselor who you can ask? He or she should be able to tell you exactly what those grades mean and where they rank.

[MadPoet]

If you feel like you did good, that's all that matters. Everyone gets different grades, everyone has different brains
And I honestly think your GPA is awesome.

[hopefaithlove]

The GPA at your school must be calculated differently than the one colleges look at. A 4.3 is the highest you can go with honors classes for colleges in the US. It would be helpful to figure out what your equivalent one is. Either way, your grades seem great.