<p>I don’t entirely understand the reasoning behind not taking scores and class rank from the end of the school year. Because of Freshmen year, I’m only top 12% of my class (which is quite competitive) and would be easy top 7% minus Freshmen year and my 4 As in HS as a Middle Schooler. I’d definitely have a chance at moving up that 2%, but it would require all of Senior year. I didn’t qualify for the Writing, but I know I could if I took it again and used concrete examples on the essay. I applied Early Decision since I knew applying Regular wouldn’t help because I couldn’t get to top 10% in one semester. Even e-mailed the admissions office months ago about this and got no reply. I’ll probably get in, though, since I have a letter of rec from a former professor there who taught multivariable and vector Calculus to me last year.</p>