Not insulted at all…that was my point exactly, as I posted above " some high schools are more competitive than others…top 10% at 1 may be easier to achieve than at another" … I agree it is probably not fair to use just numbers…if my daughter never took an AP or Honors class her GPA would have been higher and she would have been in the top 10%. So speaking strictly in the case of my daughter….I would think that when evaluating her for Merit $ , rigorous coursework putting you at top 12% would be more impressive than a less rigorous schedule putting you in the top 10%….which, again, supports what you said, it isn’t fair to just base these decisions off of numbers.