Rank/Weight Dilemma

Precursor
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:54:41 +0000

In my experience, if it’s ivy leagues, or any reach school, they care. Doesn’t matter if the high school is tough or famous, if you aren’t in the top ranks, it’s a bad thing. My friend went to a prestigious pre-med private school in Texas. Ranked just below twentieth percentile. Half of his school got national merit, himself included, but got rejected from everything. MIT, Yale, even Texas A&M. He is trying to get into Westpoint on a late-application. He’s not happy, and he realizes his slim chances.

Edit: Also had a 3.3ish GPA, because of the rigorous schedule he took. Which should have helped him, but you know, better to get an A in Algebra than a B in Calc.