How important us class rank to colleges?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>My current rank is 2 out 214 in a competitive school in NY.</p>

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<p>This may not help, but it depends on the college. Some college place more weight on rank while other schools may not even consider it.</p>

3

<p>Thanks! And that did help!</p>

4

<p>On a scale of 1 to Ra, it’s like a Thoth.</p>

5

<p>As long as you are in the top five or ten percent you are good to go for basically every school…</p>

6

<p>^ False. </p>

<p>10char</p>

7

<p>Why did you lololol when I said I applied to three schools? I got into one of them already.</p>

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<p>“As long as you are in the top five or ten percent you are good to go for basically every school…”</p>

<p>At very selective schools not even valedictorians are guaranteed, but if someone in the top 5% gets rejected it probably won’t be because of class rank, if that’s what you mean.</p>

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<p>What if your school doesn’t use class rank? Mine doesn’t rank kids, maybe because the GPA differences are negligible (or none). How will colleges see that?</p>

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<p>“How will colleges see that?”</p>

<p>Obviously they can’t penalize you for a school policy. It’ll just be one less thing helping you.</p>

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<p>Each college is different and has different criteria and weighs for criteria. One college might rank class rank or GPA and SAT scores heavily while another might rank a combination of your interview, recommendation letters, and GPA.</p>