GPA ranking question

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I attend an extremely competitive high school in California. If any have heard of Foothill Technology High School, its ranked in the top 1% of high schools in California. </p>

<p>I was wondering if colleges truly look at the prestige of the high school that you came from rather than the simple GPA and rank. For example: </p>

<p>Would a student with a 4.0 weighted GPA and a top 3% ranking have the higher advantage against </p>

<p>a 4.0 weighted GPA and a class rank of 40/250 (20%) <------------my current status </p>

<p>Assume similar SAT/ ACT scores. I'm just wondering about RANK :)</p>

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<p>I’m not entirely sure, but I would imagine that colleges take the prestige of an applicant’s high shool into consideration.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if they would… I know that the size of the school matters a lot though. For example top 20% in a class of 500 > top 10% in a class of 50.</p>