Class rank success stories

Applying to College
1

I have a lowish class rank (12% or 58/480) and I am aiming for top 25 schools. I have great ECs and test scores. I just have two questions:

How much will this class rank affect me for admission to these schools?
Does anyone know of anyone outside of the top 10% without hooks that got into top 25 schools?

Thank you.

2

Does your school report class rank? How many kids from your school go to the colleges you’re interested in? Those points will be more relevant than a group of internet strangers giving you anecdotes that might not apply to your situation. (But my kid is in a top 3 college and was not in the top 10%… not totally off the wall since his school sends a couple dozen to T25 schools each year though.)

3

I live in a competitive area and my 1st choice is UVA (instate). My school sends around 45 there each year, and my school does report rank.

4

So what percent of your class does the 45 who are admitted represent? Can you get an idea what the cutoff is?

5

I don’t have that information. If it helps, the average gpa for admitted people is a 4.3 and I’m 4.28.

6

Sounds like:

  1. You’re in the ballpark
    and
  2. There’s not much you can do about this anyway

So… maybe not something to spend too much time worrying about.

7

If your school has 45 attending per year, that implies >100 applicants per year. Your school is well known by the AOs. Your class ranking doesn’t supply any more information than your GPA.

8

Ok I’m top 60-80% for my school
still got in top 20 LAC and UMich(Maybe not T25, but close enough)

It really just depends on ur school, do u have naviance to check scattergram?

9

Our school does not report ranking.