<p>so I've seen a lot of you say that rank is extremely important, but what about if my school weights its rankings? I'm top 10%, but only because I've taken lots of Honors and APs. My rank is only a 3.4. Will that hurt me a lot?</p>
<p>Colleges look at you in context. Being top 10% at a highly competitive school is very different than being top 10% at an uncompetitive school. So at top colleges, most unhooked will be top 2 in their class whereas they might be just top 5% at a more competitive school.</p>