<p>Student A ---- 4.0 UW/UC GPA 1700 SAT 1 rank 50/600 (easiest courseload and no extra courses during summer or community college) </p>
<p>Student B ---- 3.7 UW UC GPA=3.9 rank 70/600 2000 SAT 1 (hardest courseload with all honors/AP's + several community college courses)</p>
<p>My point being if these two candidates came from the same school, where would each of them stand? Student A has a higher rank but took easy courses and did not challenge himself while also getting a low 1700 SAT. Student B challenged himself to a great extent and got a higher 2000 SAT but a lower class rank because his GPA is now as high as Student A.</p>