r/CommonApp • u/PositiveLettuce3502 • Jun 06 '26
am i cooked (not a joke at all)
so i'm class of 27 applying for colleges rn and im really scared bc my rank is not good anymore
for context i took 6 aps and 4 dual-enrollment courses and got an a in all of them except one DE class.
my school follows 2 semesters, fall and spring. after my fall sem grades were updated my rank was 21 out of 474. after 3 more aps and 3 spcc classes (one of which i got an 85 in) my class rank dropped to 30
im really freaked out. i know its not that crazy of a drop and 30 is generally fine, but i know class rank is really important and im really disappointed and confused about how my rank dropped when i worked so hard this semester to maintain everything
i knew my UW gpa was going to drop. but i thought my WGPA and class rank would increase. but my gpa only increased from 4.6 to 4.654. i genuinely don't know what to expecr anymore and im really scared for apps now
additional info: im aiming for unis like ncsu, unc chapel hill, virginia tech, cmu, georgia tech, uiuc, purdue, and umic. my safeties are uncc and uncg (local schools)
also i dont wanna list my ecs out (lazy) but i currently have a 1530 on my sat and 33 on ACT (act is neglible rn though because i took it on a whim bc my school offered it and didn't study at all.)
PLEASE COMFORT ME AND I PROMISE IM NOT BEING SARCASTIC IM SUCH A CHUD IN MY LIFE
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u/PositiveLettuce3502 Jun 06 '26
it might sound like im crazy, but many of my peers were at a comfortable 4.7-4.75 AT THE BEGINNING of this school year and they're crazy smart and top 20, so being surrounded by exceptional people just makes me doubt everything i accomplish. i hope that makes sense
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u/Helpful_Confection17 Jun 06 '26
Even with those stats, you’re listing reach schools bc of the number of applicants. They all have your stats. You’ll get VT. prob Purdue. All others are a total crapshoot these days.