Can a student's ranking change during senior year?

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<p>I know my ranking right now and I was wondering whether that ranking could change based on my first marking period grades of senior year, or is the ranking "locked in"? I may just have to ask my GC but I was wondering whether you guys had an answer to this. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your ranking can change until the end of the first semester! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Oooh, so until the transcripts are sent, my overall ranking is still subject to change? Okay, thanks for the info!! And I chanced! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Do all schools do this by the way, or are there exceptions? ^</p>

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<p>My school does it this way, I don’t know about yours.
First transcript sent includes freshman, sophomore, and junior year grades.
Second mid-term transcript is sent in mid-January, and it includes the recalculated class rank.</p>

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<p>Different schools have different policies. My kids’ school finalizes class rank after junior year. Their transcripts show only final course grades–not semester grades, mid-term grades or final exam grades. Because they report grades this way, there’s nothing at the midpoint of senior year that could change the class ranks from the previous spring.</p>

<p>So, OP, you should ask your GC.</p>

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<p>^ That makes a lot of sense Rain202. So when are valedictorian and salutatorian decided?</p>

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<p>@ Sikorsky, Ah, I see…Thanks for your input, I’ll have to look into how things are calculated at my school. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Just a note… the Valedictorian and Salutatorian at my school are determined by July of the year preceding graduation, they’re announced sometime in January though. </p>

<p>Does that mean that their rankings stay the same and everyone else is subjected to change, or that everyone’s rankings can change/can’t change by the time mid-year reports are sent out?</p>

<p>Thanks for the input so far, I’ll probably let the thread go if there’s no more opinions.</p>