<p>My school's class rank is based on unweighted GPA. There's, unfortunately, enormous grade inflation as well, so 4 people are tied for valedictorian. Even more so for the lower ranks.
I am currently 21/459. I have a 3.95 gpa.
If my GPA was weighted, I would likely be top 5 or even valedictorian, since I've taken an lot of AP/Honors classes. Do colleges take this into account? Most of the people who are the the top spots/are tying for the top slots have not taken any AP or honors classes at all whatsoever.</p>
<p>they look at it in the context of your school. your counselor could also explain the situation to the college.</p>
<p>There are certain schools that have more money for Valed. or Salut. but I have found
that the truly attractive schools look at this holistically and recognize grade inflation and rigorous coursework. They should really do away with rank and look at top 5 or 10%, unweighted.</p>
<p>Depends on the school, but I don’t think it means as much when there are ties.</p>
<p>Unfortunately we can’t help but have ties with grade inflation and unweighted GPA. We actually have had ties nearly every year. 4.0 is as high as it goes, and honestly isn’t that hard to get when you’re taking all easy classes .</p>
<p>My school ranks people on unweighted GPA first, but if there are ties they compare the people’s schedules. My class only has three people with 4.0s, though.</p>