Will my class rank tank my chances?

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<p>I attend a small charter school, and it uses unweighted GPA to determine class rank. I have a 3.72 raw, and so I rank 27th... out of 84, so not even 25%. Despite having one of the hardest course loads, I am being ranked behind people with 17s on their ACTs and no honors or AP's. According to my rough estimates, I'd be ranked 8th if we had a weighted 5.0 scale and 5th for 6.0 scale, but my school instead has this stupid ranking system...</p>

<p>My profile:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.72</p>

<p>ACT: 34 Writing 7
Superscores:
English 35
Math 36
Reading 35
Science 36</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
US History 700
Physics 750
Math II 740</p>

<p>AP's:
Human Geography 5
Lit & Comp 3
Physics B 4
US History 4
Physics C ? & ?
Calculus AB ?</p>

<p>Reach Schools I'm Applying to: Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Amherst, Colgate.</p>

<p>I'm afraid that my class rank will just automatically deny my application before essays and recommendations.</p>

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<p>No it definitely won’t - with that GPA and more so that ACT score they will definitely take a good look at your application. </p>

<p>Don’t worry about it</p>

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<p>Stanford:
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class: 94
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 99
[Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2012-2013](<a href=“Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications”>Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications)</p>

<p>I’m sure you’ll see something similar at your other potential schools.</p>

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<p>Might add Holy Cross-JAN15TH APPLICATION DUE DATE-VERY SIMIILAR to COLGATE.</p>