Importance of GPA/rank?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I have always taken the best classes offered at my school, but little did I know that many of my classmates had been taking online AP classes for the past 4 years, bumping their GPAs through the roof... how much do you think my weighted GPA/rank matters in this? I never realized that I could talk online APs so my rank has been pushed back to the mid-20s.</p>

<p>I just don't want to be overlooked by the schools I am applying to because my rank isn't superior...</p>

<p>I'm a National Merit Semifinalist with a 2270 SAT score and 33 ACT score, class of 2012. I know these aren't through the roof, but I think they should be tolerable considering where I am applying. Although I'm applying to Ivies and state schools, I consider some of my target schools to be around the range of NYU, GWU, and BU.</p>

<p>Am I going to get crushed because of rank?</p>

<p>Thank you :)
So worried. I just want to get accepted SOMEWHERE D:</p>

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<p>BU is an easy safety for you</p>

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<p>I can safely say that GPA/Rank are not everything. I had a 3.83 UW GPA and a 43/417 Rank when I applied to Dartmouth ED this year. Did I believe that my academics were good? Well yes. But definitely not good enough. Yet I was accepted, and i;m now going to an Ivy! As long as your app provides evidence of your course rigor, your academic success, and your intellectual drive, its okay not to have a 4.0! Best of luck!</p>

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<p>But in the end GPA (not necessarily class rank) is much more important than standardized test scores, though scores are also important.</p>

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<p>Thank you, all of you, for your input :slight_smile: if anyone has anything else to say, I’m still listening!
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<p>Congrats on your acceptance tylrrvera and I also dont have a good rank, but with all due respect maybe your URM (i’m making a generalization here with your last name) and low-income status helped you?</p>