<p>I moved between my 10-11th year and it messed up my class ranking. I was wondering if UPenn places a lot of emphasis on class rank as opposed to SATs and grades. A friend of mine had the same situation last year and was accepted to wharton. So if one’s grades do not accurately reflect one’s class rank, would penn admissions truly consider that?</p>
<p>Pleasure whartonAdvisor and you MAY may MAY get into Wharton.</p>
<p>I have a similar problem, transferred from a unweighted school to a weighted school and now im not even in the top 10th of my class. Your friend who got into wharton, what was his ranking?</p>
<p>Guys I got into Penn with a 2 on my SAT</p>
<p>my friend was #6 out of approx 400</p>
<p>wow your situation is even worse than mine. Not even top 10 percent eh?</p>
<p>ell oh ell man we should definitely see Star Wars tonight, it's a classic</p>
<p>I highly doubt you're the first person in the world that ever had such a situation. Just make sure your counselor mentions that in your recommendation. Tell him/her to put a post-it on the counselor's report page next to rank that says "see narrative attached," which is what my counselor did. My rank was many (almost 20) spots lower than it should have been because of a weighted elective I took for 3 years. He explained that I chose taking the elective to explore a subject over being a ranking scholar. So make sure that the counselor draws attention to the narrative by marking the part where rank is filled in, and explaining everything in the letter. Best of luck</p>
<p>thanks for the advice! very appreciated!</p>
<p>How is 6/400 a "messed up ranking"?...</p>
<p>Because it's not the first percentile? OMG OMG OMG.</p>
<p>99th percentile, please.</p>
<p>Hi mj,</p>
<p>My DD had a similar experience with a move in the middle of high school, and I posted a question regarding this in the following thread: </p>
<p>To make a long story short, a CC member, choper, who responded to my post, suggested that I ask my DD's GC to prepare a letter that indicated that she had transferred and that the high school that she came from had a different grading system (no weighted grades, and no AP classes). I did just that and the GC prepared a very nice letter indicating that my DD had transferred from another school that had a different grading system and course offerings, and that her class rank was not indicative of her abilities. We plan on sending a copy of this letter with every application that DD will send this Fall.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you do the same with your Penn application. Good luck - I know how tough it is to move between the 10th and 11th grade, but the experience will make you stronger.</p>