<p>Both are very subjective and depend of many factors (A scale 90+ or 95+, Curve or absolute, percentage of college bound students in class, etc). Are these factors taken into account during admission? Does Yale re-compute GPA?</p>
<p>I would say being in the top 10 percent of your class is pretty crucial. Yale also knows that each school has a different calculus for GPA and will take that into account. (unweighted vs. weighted, etc.)</p>
<p>Class rank. If you have a 4.5 and are ranked 100, they'll sense something wrong.</p>