I’m an incoming junior and I don’t think I am in the top ten percent of my grade. I go to a private college prep school, and many of the students in my grade are brilliant. I looked on NYU’s website, and the average rank for incoming freshman was top 10 percent. I am at least in the top 20 percent, and I may even be in the top 15 percent. The problem is my school is small so my grade has around 56 students, so I don’t know if that counts against me.