<p>My class Rank is 1st of 120ish kids, BUT my GPA is only 95.5%/100% cumulatively (all 4 years of high school). </p>
<p>Because of Grade 9 its a bit low, but am are my Academics good enough for Harvard admission?</p>
<p>And yes I take all the most advanced courses available to me. 13 AP courses and 6 are self-studied.</p>
<p>Also, i know the application is not limited to grades, but im asking about grades in particular for now</p>
<p>Your grades are fine.</p>
<p>how do you know sevitagen?</p>
<p>Because it doesn't matter what your grades are when considered with your class rank. If you go to a high school that has grade deflation, etc., your rank will compensate for your grades, or at least show the adcoms that you are top of your class.</p>
<p>Unless they assume that everyone in your class is unintelligent, then they'll realize that grading at your school is probably more difficult than at most other schools. </p>
<p>As for whether your academics are good enough, standardized test scores (including APs, possibly, to show the schools that your AP classes are up to par) are needed to determine that.</p>
<p>But grades aren't everything. The adcoms take it in context of grades are your school; the distribution of grades is usually provided by your HS in the school profile.</p>
<p>For example, in my grade, no one has a 4.0 at my school. Last year, one kid did. He was a statistical anomaly. It's all in context.</p>
<p>13 APs is very impressive! Just remember that stats aren't everything in admissions. What ECs/volunteering have you participated in?</p>
<p>95.5 isn't that bad. colleges recalculate your average though apparently with their own system so everyone is on an equal playing field.</p>
<p>At many schools a 95 is a 4.0....don't see the problem here.</p>
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<p>mm, yeah, 95.5 is fine...</p>
<p>"At many schools a 95 is a 4.0....don't see the problem here."</p>
<p>A 4.0? Hello, community college! On a 5.0 scale, you have to have a 7.5, at least! Of course the OP won't make it in!</p>
<p>Seriously, people on this board need to CHILL OUT. I mean, are you serious (to the OP)? If you got 4s and 5s on all the AP tests, do you honestly not know whether or not your academics are good enough?</p>