[Tallguy]

There is no advanced placement Gym class. A 4.4 GPA would seem to indicate that he aced every class: those that topped out at a 'standard-A' (4.0) and those that scored an 'advanced-A' (5.0).

Where a lot of colleges weed-out these academic achievers is the public-service and outside-activities. Kids that grind on the school work to the exclusion of all else can be hurting their assessment.

[Myrddin]

My son took (and tutored and taught) many AP classes in high school. He finished with a 4.33 GPA. His girlfriend, the class valedictorian, had a 4.86 GPA. My son wrote the valedictorian speech for her. She headed off to Georgetown to get a degree in math. My son headed to USMC bootcamp. He has degrees in Business Administration and Physics now. He makes a good living as a real estate broker, but spends his free time studying nuclear physics.