<p>I'm an international applicant! I'm going to be a senior in the one of most selective private science high school in my country. We're going to be only 20 seniors in the school because of this number, my class rank percent is a little bit low. We've also two different scoring systems. (-/100 & -/5.00 ) My class rank is different according to these two scoring systems. Now, I don't know which system to choose. Any idea?</p>
<p>*I'm going to apply to most selective colleges, is my class rank percent going to affect my application.
*My GPA: 4.95/5.00 - 92/100</p>
<p>Hard to say. Your best bet is to check with your guidance counselor or school and see where students with your GPA have been accepted to in the past.</p>
<p>I was told by an admissions officer at Vanderbilt that they do not even look at class rank if the class size is less than 100. Also, since less than half of the applicants to most schools provide rank, in my mind it is a useless stastic. If your school does include rank in its transcripts, I would ask the GC to delete it if at all possible.</p>
<p>As to the scoring system, this is also becoming useless due to the myriad scales used. FWIW, I would report the 4.95/5 - it looks far more impressive to me than 92/100. In fact, unless the 4.95 is weighted pretty heavily, I cannot understand how the two numbers correlate. In our school, a 3.95/4 would translate to essentially straight A’s while a 92 would be a B+ average.</p>
<p>Schools that don’t provide explicit ranks typically still provide a rough idea of the GPA distribution in the school profile that can be used to estimate rank.</p>
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<p>Grading scales are different at every school. I’ve typically been graded on a scale where a 92 is a high A-.</p>
<p>As to the OP’s question, I agree that rank doesn’t make all that much sense in a highly competitive school with only 20 people in the graduating class. It will probably be ignored. Your grades will have more to say about you.</p>