<p>So I am an incoming senior in High School and I am not asking for a major chance thing. I am simply wondering how likely it is for someone to get in who is not in the top 10% of their class? In my school I will be in the top 11% but due to some people taking easy classes and doing perfectly in everything I will be unable to get into the top 10%. So how likely would it be to get in if you just barely miss getting into the top 10%?</p>
<p>I’m in the exact same boat as you and would like to know about this as well(I’m not sure if my school even reports rank or percentile, but better safe than sorry). Maybe some people who got into Cornell that weren’t in top 10% could shed some light?</p>
<p>It is going to hurt (though not a lot) but taking hard classes is definitely the right call, just bank on some people getting some hardcore senioritous and you might pull up that 1%.</p>
<p>Schools send a report that shows your grades AND the difficulty of your classes. So if you are taking honors or ap classes it reflects in the chart and offsets any possible grades that are higher in more difficult classes.</p>