<p>My public HS doesn't weight grades for Honors/AP classes. My unweighted GPA is a 3.98, but due to students with less honors courses, my rank was 7 of ~350. With my 2nd semester Junior year (4.0uw) and senior year, my rank would probably be in top 3 (top 1%) if the school weighted classes.</p>
<p>Some scholarships want the student to be top 1% of HS class and should I A) have counselor weigh grades and calculate weighted ranking on counselor report, B) give up on those scholarships, or C) kill off the top 5 or 6 students.</p>
<p>C. Umm, ahem. Never mind.</p>
<p>My highschool is the exact same way, with nearly 20 valedictorians a year. Get one B and you get 21st in the class. I don't know what to tell you, but it would make sense that for those scholarships they would see your course load and it would be clear that you worked your butt off.</p>
<p>If your school doesn't weigh grades, how would you get your counselor to calculate weighted ranking?
The answer is obviously C.</p>
<p>You should definitely go with C, it's the most plausible and sane option that has the best chance of success as well.</p>
<p>(rank isn't everything).</p>
<p>Our school is the same way. They select the "top ten" (no valedictorian - the class president speaks at graduation). Sometimes the kids who are just taking algebra 1 as seniors get placed in that position...??? My son has a larger than usual class this next year with many bright students, and because he gets the occasional B (3.9 average, AP classes, etc.) he is unlikely to place in what looks like a good percentage to colleges. They still see the courses taken, but scholarship applications often don't ask that and just want a percent placement. Very frustrating.</p>
<p>C of course.</p>
<p>What scholarships are you looking at that wouldn't be happy with top 2%?</p>
<p>I'm sure my classmates would LOVE everyone's C) response.</p>
<p>An example of a top 1% of HS class scholarship is Univ. of Miami's full tuition scholarship, even though that's not the one I was referring to.</p>
<p>Uh...I'm pretty sure sCholarship Commitees Can see that you are superior to your Classmates and that you Can do better College Coursework than they Can. Remember, they are not Computers, they are also Capable human beings, and they Can tell the difference between people taking all the easiest Classes and aCing them Compared to someone with multiple ap and honors Courses.</p>
<p>Hahahahaha PBailey</p>