<p>As an interntational student and who will be overrepresented in the admissions process, my advice would be not to go into this process with blinders on because you don’t agree with what is being said (no dog in this fight as my kid has already graduated). </p>
<p>Yes, while unweighted GPA (because there is already an expectation that you are taking the most rigerous courses your school offeres) and rank are two of the most important factors in the admissions process, it is not going to help your cause to show up to the table with lower SAT scores. My advice is to look at the ED thread from last cycle. that will give you an idea as to how many student with stats similar to yours were accepted during the ED round.</p>