<p>i disagree with the assertion that gpa doesn’t matter past a certain point. That’s true for the sat, but for gpa you want to have as close to a 4.0 UW as is possible for many colleges. For example, a crimson survey showed that 54% of harvard students had a 4.0 (including URMs, athletes, and legacies …), I highly doubt that anywhere above 20% of the “qualified” applicant pool (with a 3.8+ gpa per say) had a 4.0, so clearly the higher the better. This is reflected in its average gpa being 3.94, well above 3.8. Princeton seems not to have as much emphasis on gpa, their admit rate for 4.0 is nearly the same as it is for 3.9-3.99 and even lower groups still have (comparatively) high admit rates (4.9% for 3.6-3.99). However, it should be noted that Princeton has an extremely strong legacy benefit, so these numbers may reflect favoring legacies. Stanford seems to use weighted gpa or weight on its own scale, as its site shows statistics for 4.0 and above and their dean talked about 76% of the early admittees having a 4.0 or above (for the record that statistic is 73% for the overall class). </p>
<p>For class rank, this shouldn’t hurt you really though, since it appears your gpa is near perfect or perfect unless there are some of those scholarships reserved for specific class ranks. </p>