<p>So basically I did horrible Freshman and Sophmore year. I had about a 3.3 average those 2 years and I was easily below the top 50%. I'm curious however as to whether or not colleges take the size of the school into account. I go to a school with about 1400 kids in my graduating class. Will colleges take this into account or am I screwed? I actually stepped it up big time this year and I have about a 3.7. Can anyone help me out with this?</p>
<p>They will understand that with a larger class size, typically it is more competitive. If you keep improving like you have, they will like the upwards trend. Continue the hard work</p>
<p>How is it harder to learn History or Calculus if there are more students in your graduating class? </p>
<p>Colleges tend to believe grades are set by achievement and not some sort of Darwinian competition with your fellow students. If anything, having such a large graduating class size has given you an advantage in attending a school that has enough enrolles to provide classes that only a small percentage might be interested in taking (eg AP, Honors, etc). It has given you an advantage by providing more opportunities to find a core of friends to study with.</p>
<p>Its obviously a bit more competitive if there are that many students. Just answer the question I’m not looking for a long drawn our response as to how I’m a failure in life because I decided to be a kid for an extra year.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve heard that being a Native American helps, which I am. Cherokee, to be specific.</p>
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That isn’t true… a percentile is a percentile, and I’d imagine that a small school will have at least a dense/top-heavy proportion of academically-inclined students than a very large one. I’d rather try to crack a top 10% of 140 people than of 5. I think all that mike was trying to say is even if colleges account for class size, it probably wouldn’t make a big difference in eyes of admissions. Anyway, colleges do indeed consider class size, your counselor sends along a school profile that lists it among other things. If your school is good academically, then admission officers will see that as well and may be more forgiving of class rank. They’ll also like your upward trend… Come the end of this year, if your class rank still isn’t very good, consider applying to schools that don’t put much emphasis on rank (you can check their common data sets for that info), especially for reaches.</p>
<p>And yes, being Native American is basically hax in college admissions, I’m pretty sure it’s the most sought-after minority.</p>
<p>^ If one is a tribal member.</p>
<p>Thanks for the better posts, and yes I am a tribal member, with a card and everything</p>
<p>You’re Native American? Stop worrying about schools; you’ll get into wherever you want.</p>