<p>OP - Our local HS did not release class rank until the 1st semester Senior year. A friend told me that if I requested an “unofficial” transcript the class rank would be on it and it was. You could try that.</p>
<p>My D’s school doesn’t officially rank. I’m sure they actually do rank the kids, but they don’t disclose it to anyone. My understanding is that they stopped ranking because it was hurting the students in admissions to our state flagship. You could ask for your rank until the cows came home and the school wouldn’t give it to you. They might tell a parent something in general terms (like a 2.8 was right about the 50% mark), or something like that, but nothing more.</p>
<p>Curious. What, besides rank (or not depending on the district policy) would be in the record that would be of interest?</p>
<p>I would recommend that everyone look at their student’s transcript before submitting to colleges, for two quarters our schools’ gpa’s were being calculated wrong. Thankfully my daughter was a freshman, if your student was applying to college this would have been a huge issue.</p>
<p>So daughter wants rank for self motivation? Would bing sixth or fith or third change her motivation? And if she doesn’t get the number, then what?</p>
<p>It’s a number…</p>
<p>My son’s HS does not rank. Also, there is no weighting at all. They stopped ranking a couple of years ago and said that many of the larger and academically stronger HS’s were stopping ranking. The reason for this is that with the old ranking system, a student who takes 8 AP’s and has two or three A minus grades might fall below the top 5%, and another student with many honors but not a single AP and all A’s but one A minus would fall in the top 3-5%. Obviously this was crazy and put pressure on kids to not take challenging courses for fear of dropping out of the top 5%. Of course, you may say “Well, they should weight the grades.” However, I am glad that they do not weigh them. The colleges just unweigh them anyway and evaluate them based on rigor of the class, because there is a ridiculously large number of different weighting systems.</p>
<p>Jennieling, our school has a weighted system for ranking, but does not weight gpa. I think it works well.</p>
<p>Just request transcript it will be on there </p>
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<p>If school does not officially rank it will not be on transcript! </p>
<p>Getting a copy of the transcript is a great idea - lets you check for errors and also shows you exactly what the college is going to see (how are grades listed, how are course names shown, do they show any standardized test scores, how is GPA listed, does it display rank, are any awards, honors listed - all of which varies by HS).</p>
<p>Every HS will get you a current, unofficial copy of your transcript any time you ask. (I was about to have them email my daughter’s to me any time I wanted.)</p>
<p>@ seahorsesrock - yes her rank will help her make decide what classes she wants to take next year. To her it is not just a number it is three years of hard work both in and out of the classroom. She is not trying to become the Val. Or Sal. Although would not turn either down, but for her the rank is her right to know for whatever reasons she has.</p>
<p>Wish my high school hadn’t ranked. I was #5 out of 48 students…no top 10% for me. I’m pretty sure the top 3 had 4.0 (back in the days of no weighted grades).</p>
<p>It may or may not be her right to know her rank, depending on the school’s policy, murmur. Obviously, she has a right to know her own grades and GPA. But schools can and do set their own policies regarding disclosure of how a student ranks compared to others. (Or am I not up to date on some rules in this regard?) In any case, much will be made clear when you call the school. What have you found out?</p>