Class rank for different high schools

Applying to College
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<p>My son's school "doesn't do class rank".</p>

<p>However, they do publish a list of cutoffs for various GPA ranges, and the results are very strange compared to what my experience was in HS. That is, in HS I had around a 3.7 GPA and just missed the top 10% of the class (33 out of 300). </p>

<p>My son's school has a maximum of 4.6 for overall GPA. However, when you look at their class stats, over 30% have above a 3.9 GPA. That makes no sense to me. 90% have above a 3.0 overall GPA, which again I find incredible. This is for a public high school.</p>

<p>If anyone is willing to share some stats from their HS, that would be great. I do know his school inflates the grades of non-honors students, basically giving them a 0.3 point bump and therefore the honors and AP students get only a 0.7 point bump over regular classes. </p>

<p>Or is grade inflation so rampant that a B is a death sentence for class rank?</p>

<p>Or do colleges not bother to use class rank at all therefore?</p>

<p>PS - the average SAT score is 1600, as a point of reference.</p>

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<p>In that pea soup of “rankings” and GPA percentiles, your son’s choice of rigorous classes and his SAT/ACT will come more into play.</p>

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You find credible that 90% are above average? And the average SAT is 1600 which is barely above average for all HS students?</p>