<p>You can’t bring any gpa up to a 4.9 because a 4.0 is perfect all four years.</p>
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<p>It’s really not. I don’t think you have any idea how difficult it is to even be in the top 25% at a prep school like Exeter, Andover, or Deerfield (which I’m assuming OP is attending), which are littered with a ridiculous number of ivy prospects.</p>
<p>GPA and class ranking is relative. Just because you have a higher ranking at your school compared to OPs placement in his school doesn’t mean anything.</p>
<p>@OP, Really try to broaden your view of schools, preferably looking outside of the top 25. Your may be pressuring you into being the typical legacy/fac brat kid, and there’s certainly no need to conform to that.</p>