<p>Spectrum2, Thanks for the clarifcation. </p>
<p>As far as gpa and class rank is concerned, these indicators seem to be getting increasingly political, as they carry a lot of weight in the admission process at UT and A&M. Things get skewed and people lose objectivity. </p>
<p>I think it is for the school registrar and others at the district to see (not for me to point out) if there could be something wrong when a national merit semifinalist (top 2% at his school), with 750 in Math II (top 5% at his school?), 4 perfect AP course scores and one AP with a 4 in junior year (top 2% in his school?), perfect exit scores (top 10% in his school?) is not in the top 25 percent in class rank and gpa at a school. Is it a cop out to say, perhaps the kid was not working in class or just lazy? … The kid came with an 1180 on the SAT (M+V+W). He is leaving as a nmsf (we will know his SAT score in a few weeks) an improvement of ~1100 points. Is he lazy?</p>