<p>I find the class ranks posted by some members to be too high. Everyone on here seems to easily make it in the top ten percent, and be top 20, and just treat it as the status quos. At my school I have a school population that is 40-50% asian and making it into the top ten percent (58/580...I'm 68) is an incredible feat to accomplish. I'm just wondering how much class rank really matter.</p>
<p>Sorry to make unjustified conclusions that anyone who posts on college board makes top ten percent, I’m just wondering if it’s make top 10% or bust.</p>
<p>It generally is, but it does depend somewhat on the school. If your school is super-competitive and is ranked pretty high in the nation, then colleges will take that into account.</p>
<p>The truth is that this is an important measure to selective colleges. Colleges report % in top 10%, and for highly selective schools, t’s 95% plus. For that reason, most super competitive schools do not rank. That doesn’t necessarily matter much, schools that don’t rank still share enough data to tell colleges where kids rank. But if a college wants to take a kid outside of the top 10% from a school that doesn’t rank, it does not show up in the stats.</p>