<p>I think that the counselors include an explanation as to why there are so many 4.0s and blah blah blah. Dunno about his situation in particular, though.</p>
<p>Will adcoms be smart enough to be like, “Hmm, unweighted 4.0 and weighted rank 8… oh it must be because other people took more weighted classes, but let’s look at his schedule… wow this IS rigorous… and the counselor checked off “most rigorous courseload”… so okay, he’s good”?</p>