<p>my high school which was a public school did not penalize A’s in college level classes. It really is the battle for rank at the start of freshman year. I wish i caught on sooner but just liked going to school and was not freaking out about college. Freshman year i had the basics, i got switched to honors in english but the rest were level 1, P.E and study hall. At the end of the year i was ranked in the top 10 in my class next to those who had all a’s in honors/AP. I had perfect scores. Then later when taking more honors and Ap’s my rank dropped in the twenties and that’s where i stayed. I think if you excel at the unweighted level it does not give you a big boos to your rank but it definitely helps if your honors classes are b averages</p>