<p>My school only does unweighted. However, I took the hardest course load possible, and ended up with a rank of 184/446. I got into pretty good schools at the end, so I guess it doesn’t matter that much</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking…where did you get in?</p>
<p>I come from a competitive private school in California. I was in the top 15% of my class by the end of junior year and I’m ranked #18 out of 124 students. I got into ILR.</p>
<p>NYU (attending) BC, SUNY Binghamton, Northeastern, Penn St, and Georgetown</p>
<p>Nice! A lot of those are on my list! I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>collegebound96, no offence or anything, but your hook (hispanic) is really top-notch. My school’s make-up is roughly ~50% white, ~30% hispanic, and ~20% other. Despite so many many Hispanics in my grade, I do not see many Hispanics ranking even in the top 20%. Thus, in my racially biased point of view, you align decently well by your ethnicity. However, it still depends on the academic caliber of your school to truly get a good perspective on your academic competitiveness.</p>
<p>No offense taken. I actually completely agree with that. In my area, peers with my decent are nowhere near even the top 40% percent…</p>
<p>Class rank matters. Want to know why? <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000001.pdf#zoom=100[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000001.pdf#zoom=100</a></p>
<p>74% of applicants who apply are in the top 10% of their class. 94% of students accepted are in the top 10% of their class. If you don’t have anything truly, truly, truly exceptional, you don’t go to an exceptional school, and if you have no hook, you’re gone right off the bat.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. However, is this the data for the entire university? I’m not sure if these numbers would be the same for ILR and CALS (AEM)? Well maybe for AEM…also, I’ve heard schools recalculate class rank? This would be beneficial to me, as I have taken a very intense course load for my school. Others who have a higher rank then me have taken maybe 1 Honors or AP Class a year and all lower level classes. At my school, there is a huge difference between an Honors or AP vs a regular. Its not uncommon for students to get a 100 in a regular class if they’ve been introduced to the curriculum of an AP/Honor. The weighting system is really mediocre, from what I observed anyway.</p>
<p>Entire university. This criteria will be heavier in some schools than others - but all will care. If your school reports rank or deciles, they’ll use that one that they give (but still recalculate when they consider… though your chances would be screwed if you’re under the official top 10%). If your school doesn’t necessarily report rank or deciles they’ll recalculate.</p>