<p>Some high schools are a lot more difficult than others, and it's really not fair when people have higher GPAs when they only put in half the work as the students in much more rigorous high schools. Do colleges take into account the high school that you attend? And also how hard the class is?</p>
<p>From what I have read (though you may want a more experienced opinion), it looks far better to be ranked 1st in an average high school than ranked 25th in a super competitive one.</p>
<p>Colleges certainly do look at your class rank, if your school provides it. But it is only one thing among many factors. Most schols want to see whether you are willing to challenge yourself and they want students who share their interests and talents with the school community. Best of luck.</p>
<p>oh okay, thank you midas and glido :)</p>
<p>In my opinion…</p>
<h1>10 in a top (25 in the nation or something ridiculous like that) high school > #1 in a normal hs > #30 or something in a top high school</h1>
<p>If your high school is an academic standout, either nationally or in its region, the admissions committee of most colleges will know that, and they’ll judge your academic performance in the context of your high school.</p>
<p>I have to say, though, I am frequently amazed how many teenagers on College Confidential are convinced their high school is a standout. Judging from College Confidential, it looks like 20% of the seniors in the country go to “one of the top 100 high schools.” The classes there must be really crowded!</p>
<p>Based on my experience, I’d say that they take into account how competitive your high school is. My school is ranked in the top 100 and is very competitive. I personally know 7 people from last year’s senior class who were ranked outside the top 20% and got into top 5 schools. One guy I know was ranked outside the top 30% and got into Brown. Every year my school posts a list of which student is going to what school, and there were around 15 people who went to ivies, with every single ivy league accepting at least one person. 2 people outside the top 10% went to Stanford. 1 went to MIT (3 total but the other two were top 1%). 50 or so went to a top 25 school (there were like 15 people who went to Berkeley). It’s mathematically impossible for all of them to have been ranked in the top 10%, as the graduating class had about 400 people. I know that you can’t extrapolate from one school’s data but obviously they consider what type of high school you went to.</p>
<p>@Sikorsky Some of my classes have like 35 people haha.</p>
<p>idk lol yolo</p>