Public High School Competiviness?

Applying to College
1

<p>How much does high schools rank count? I go to a public high school in MN. State-Wide, it is the 1st or 2nd top public school in the state, according to two seperate ranking.</p>

<p>But newsweek only ranks it 1000 or something nation wide.</p>

<p>My HS is very competive, so, say how much will it affect my stuff, because I have a decent GPA, not great, but 3.5UW, 3.7W.... Or will it affect it at all?</p>

2

<p>I think if your high school is well known as being competitive, colleges take that in to account. I know they do do that for my high school atleast, for it is very competitive. Like some people with 3.6 are considering upper Ivies for example.</p>