Can one quiz grade ruin an entire class rank status?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So the other day, my AP World History teacher decides to give us a pop quiz about a chapter we've spend like 1 day on. Not only were a lot of the questions misleading, we hadn't even covered about half of what was on it. I ended up missing 3 "date of certain event" questions and also 2 other ones because I just flat out didn't remember learning anything about it. I ended up getting a 75, even though I usually get high A's on quizzes, and my average dropped 7 points from a 98 to a 91!! There are only 3 more days before grades close in so it's impossible for me to get it up any higher than like a 93. </p>

<p>Now most of you are probably gonna scoff at this, but the class rank competition is pretty cutthroat at my school with a 0.01 G.P.A. difference being the difference between being ranked #1 and ranked #2. I am currently ranked #3 but that is probably gonna change soon :(. </p>

<p>The G.P.A. scale at my school works like this (AP Classes get a 3 point boost, so a 100 in a regulars class would be 12).
97-100: 15
93-96: 14
90-92: 13
etc.</p>

<p>This really ****es me off since I've been working so hard and staying up so late for that class! I really want to go to a good school, not just settle for my state college, but if one lousy grade can damage my ranking, what's the point?</p>

<p>I guess I mainly posted this to vent... my friends got tired of hearing me complain about it and I'm trying to let it go...</p>

<p>So have any of you guys encountered this problem? Sorry to sound like a whiny brat but this actually matters to me...</p>

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<p>Since so many students don’t send precise ranks to schools, it is unlikely colleges will care if you are in the top 1-2% as opposed to rank 1.</p>

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<p>What grade are you in…?
Just don’t screw up the rest of high school; as long as you’re in the top 5-10% (which also depends on your school) you’ll be fine, I promise.</p>

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<p>A few spots in your rank isn’t going to catapult you from top colleges/universities to your local state school.</p>

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<p>Haha, what you guys said is probably true, but my mind just has to irrationally magnify the severity of this situation (sorry but I’ve been reading a lot of psychology books lately ;)).</p>

<p>I’m in 10th grade right now so the seriousness of grades still hasn’t kicked in for most people, although it has for me… anyways thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>Just frame the other top fivers for cheating. They’ll get zeros and you’ll get a nice little bumper.</p>