My class rank, at the moment, is 9/346. I have a 3.70 UW GPA and a 5.52 W GPA, and those that are under me have 4.0 UW GPAs. I’ve taken 6 courses of Dual Enrollment Classes and about 11 APs (with 13-16 honors classes), which explains the high-class rank but low GPA. What will top colleges think of this uncorrelated class rank? Will a 35 ACT score excuse the low proficiency? Not sure if me being African American will help at all in my situation.
I think rank is super important for context and admissions officers will be looking at that. IMO, you don’t need to worry about your “low” GPA (and it’s really not low ; )).