How does rank affect your acceptance (vs GPA) and do AP self-studies help?

emshadez
Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:17:26 +0000

My rank is around the top 10% but my weighted GPA is a 4.3. If my GPA is around what most incoming freshman have, will my rank bring me down (other kids in my school are doing better)?

And secondly, I’m going to take 4 AP classes Senior year at school. However, I plan to self-study two classes. How will the colleges know I actually self-studied them? Do I send my application and it’s mentioned somewhere or is it just when they recieve my scores, which is after they decide, correct?