<p>Which one will top colleges use? Or will they look at both?</p>
<p>My weighted rank is #1, but because a bunch of kids took easy class, my unweighted rank is only #15 or so... Out of 540 people.</p>
<p>I would use the weighted. The colleges will too because they want to see weight for AP vs. honors v. regular. I think unweighted rankings are meaningless because a student with As in regular classes could beat a student with 10 AP classes because he got 1 or 2 Bs (and I think colleges feel the same way). You can call an adcom and find out</p>
<p>College look at both weighted and unweighted GPA’s but only the WEIGHTED class rank for the reason you mentioned.</p>
<p>Do you think they will suspect that I have an inflated GPA because of the disparity between the two ranks? I really wish my school just listed weighted…</p>
<p>They’ll look at both. Having a higher W than UW is common, and top colleges will see it for what it is. Your rigor will be rewarded.</p>
<p>I know a kid who was #3 W and #23 UW in her class, and was accepted ED by a top 10 school.</p>