Help with Carnegie unit and another thing?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Alright so in 8th grade (last year) we had a thing called a Carnegie unit (take a class for a free high school unit) and in science I had taken physical science (physics and chem) and I took the unit, unaware about class rank I had taken the unit. I got a 90 in the class. Then about a couple of days ago my friend informed me that it counts towards your class rank. I started panicking because I didn’t know about this and I want to know if it will count heavily on me getting top 1% class rank (out of 1,000 I go to a very big school). Also, since I got a 90 in the class, will colleges look at it as a 90 or a 4.0? (My school goes by 4.0 = A, 3.0 = B, 2.0 = C, etc.) Because I am hoping to go to Cornell or MIT. Thanks. :)</p>

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<p>Bump :-(((</p>

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<p>90 = A = 4.0 </p>

<p>Dont worry so much, you are only in 8th grade</p>

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<p>I’m in 9th…</p>

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<p>Please accept my humblest apologies.</p>

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<p>Some colleges won’t even count it, because you didn’t take it during 9th-12 grade. Others will rely on the GPA calculated by your school. If they do in fact only use straight letter grades (no + /-) and a 90 is an A, then you are currently ranked #1 in your class (along with anyone else who opted to take the unit and got an A.</p>

<p>If it is an A-, it could in theory hurt your GPA and thus your rank, but mobody here can tall you, because we don’t know your school. Some schools have grade inflation, others have grade deflation, so your 90 is only meeningful in the context of your school.</p>