Importance of valedictorian status?

<p>I am so sorry for misjudging, as you know that really wasn't my intention. As I mentioned before, I'm perfectly fine with a 2190, its just that most people on this site think it's "not competitive enough" for a school like Harvard (especially regarding my socioeconomic status) while given that admissions to top schools are a crapshoot anyway.</p>

<p>2190 is my superscore btw, after a third retake.</p>

<p>It does help if you are the val of a top 100 high school or a highschool or a school that Harvard knows well.</p>

<p>My school is nothing close to Andover or Exeter, etc.. but it's ranked 79th on USNews and is located in a two college town (my counselor put that down especially). But as far as familiarity with Harvard... I think we've had two matriculants in the past 10 years.</p>