<p>Also my counselor (gently) refused on both the point I made, but I suppose it was worth a try. How serious of an issue would it be outside the top 10% of my class? It’s a fairly competitive public school (1-3kids to hypsm, ~10 to Cornell, ~3-5 to other top 15ish schools out of 300), but nothing extraordinary. Our “ranking” is based purely on unweighted gpa, and not to make excuses that greatly disadvantages me as I’ve probably taken the most rigorous schedule in years. (It’s not an exact ranking, our school sends a profile
Of the class which gives gpa distribution and the gpa of the top 10%). I regret taking ap language and composition.</p>