They have lowered the standards for tops almost every year...that should be no suprise...when I graduated, you had to have a 3.5 GPA, minimum 24 or 26 on your ACT..can't remember which one, plus you had to be in the top 5% of your class.....which really sucked for me, cause we only had 40 people graduate....the top 3 all had 4.0s all of their life...I sat there in 4th...technically second, but 4th, people wise, and I couldn't get it...had all of the other qualifications though....