<p>Well the thing is I drastically improved the grades I got in freshman year (90’s and 91’s weighted in freshman to 99’s and 100’s weighted in junior), but the transcript only averages in the last marking periods of each semester, so only 2 report card grades get mixed in with your final average. Therefore, the 4 report card grades I got in sophomore and junior combined could not salvage the tumultuous freshman year I had (unless I got 105 or something crazy like that each time). If I had the same grades in freshman year as I do now, I would indubitably have a 98 or 99 weighted average, which is basically the norm for the top students at my school, with anything higher being the absolute cream of the crop kids. This obviously doesn’t change the fact that I have a 95 total average and anything else is just “coulda, woulda, shoulda” but my more recent stats compared to other students at my school puts me in the top 30% (my class size is only about 300) indefinitely, and maybe in the top 25% (75 out of 300). Would this still be considered unexceptional in the grand scheme since my final average is really only top 40% or 45%? I mean my school doesn’t rank so this is pure speculation.</p>
<p>With other areas in my application considered (2240 SAT, pending June SAT re-take which could potentially be higher, mid-high 700’s in SAT II, average EC’s, great/good essay writing ability, ORM, decent rigor in senior year w/ 3 AP’s), I’m not quite sure how I would fare against both people in the nation and at my school. </p>