<p>My highschool doesn't weight our GPA's, and while I have consantly pushed myself and taken the harder honor and ap classes offered, many around me have not. Because of this kids with zero ap or honors classes on their transcript's are pushing my classrank down. With one B and one B+, I am not even in the top 10 percent anymore (30 out of 280). When I am applying to top tier schools like Dartmouth, will this pull my application down, even if the rest of my application is strong?</p>
<p>Your diluted (if that’s the right term) class rank will hurt you, but a mention of the reason in your guidance counselor’s recommendation letter could help mitigate the problem. Good luck.</p>