<p>I'm a rising junior, and I got my class rank for the first time: 77/486 </p>
<p>***!!!!! Is there any way to make my rank go up? I have a 3.39 gpa UW and will take mostly aps this year. </p>
<p>Also, is the rank calculated using weighted or unweighted gpa?</p>
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<p>This depends entirely on your school. </p>
<p>Obviously you raise your class rank by taking hard classes and getting As in them. (If your school doesn’t rank on weighted GPA, then taking hard classes doesn’t matter for class rank purposes, but colleges consider course rigor regardless.)</p>
<p>You have to do better than at least some of the 76 people who are ahead of you. </p>
<p>Sometimes that’s tough. The people at the very top are high achievers, and they have been from the first day of high school. You’ll never catch them. Even if you do as well as you possibly can, you can’t catch them unless their grades suddenly tank.</p>
<p>not recommended but this is how you play the game.
unscheduled first or last period. ( no grade)
study hall ( no grade)
required gym class ( no grade)
5 easy honors classes, maybe throw in the ez AP course, every HS has one</p>
<p>That’s how the kids in my District do it.
Calculate your GPA with that schedule and all A’s.</p>
<p>Beats the kids in Band, Choir, Art ( all standard classes and NOT weighted)
everytime…usually the kids that also take a full schedule with no lunch also.
My kids both did it.(full schedule/no lunch) Valedictorian means nothing in my School District,
just that you can play the game.</p>
<p>Get straight A’s and a couple of B’s, I’m amazed you are ranked 77 with a gpa of 3.39 but I mean just put more effort in, easier said than done but its a good choice!</p>
<p>Sabotage those 76 unfortunate people ahead of you.
Muahahahahahaha.</p>