<p>Being in the top 5% of your class will help you. I don't know the Indian grade structure, but it seems as if you have mostly A's. You certainly don't need straight A's to get into either Cornell (or Princeton). Make sure your essays are compelling about why you want to go to Cornell.</p>
<p>I think that people on this post don't realize how prestigious being named school captain is. Do they have head boy and head girl at your school, is captain higher than that? That means you have done a great job, so congratulations.</p>
<p>well in terms of ranking. I as a Captain come after Head Master and Vice Head Master and Head of Dept.</p>