<p>schlagg, why don’t you take a look at the class of 2016 admissions results on the ivy league boards and tell my why most of the accepted students are the ones at the top of their class with excellent test scores while the rejected ones are the ones with decent grades, I about the top 10% of their class but not stellar grades? GPA and class rank do count. A lot. And you seem to be under the assumption that students with lower gpas are more interesting and have better ECs than those with high gpas. Wrong.</p>