<p>Thanks for the honesty. Like I said, we don’t rank, but Summa Cum Laude students are viewed as having taken on the greatest academic rigor. (To be Summa, you need to have taken at least 14 honors/AP, at least 4 of which must be AP, have a weighted >3.75 GPA, and have some sort of leadership position). There are never more than 10-15% of the class who graduate Summa. It’s in this regard that I say I’m “near the top” of my class. Solely based on GPA though, I probably hover somewhere around the top 20-25%.</p>
<p>That’s interesting about Duke’s extra time policy. Where did you hear about that? And where do you think I could find out if mentioning it would hurt me or not?</p>