<p>exactly what the question is..
small schools that report class rank is not the best indicator.</p>
<p>does anyone else agree with me?</p>
<p>Class Rank in general is not the best indicator of success or “achievement” in a high school environment. It helps to have a higher rank, but it is not an absolute requirement into getting into a “good school.”</p>
<p>I don’t really know because my school does not rank (THANK GOODNESS)</p>
<p>haha… or percentile… top 10% in a class of like 100 is top 10 so idk</p>
<p>I’d say class rank is always an important factor, but as class size continues to decrease it’s weight may decrease slightly. It’s still a good rule to always be in the top 10 percent from what I see via stats though.</p>
<p>It’s always a key factor. If you go to a highly selective high school it will be seen in context.</p>
<p>Class rank doesn’t seem like an indicator of any achievement because class rank doesn’t take into consideration the rigidity of classes. A student with all art classes may seem higher in rant because they are taking typically less-challenging classes. Do you think it’s fair that they look better in rank than those students that are taking all AP science classes?</p>
<p>Class size also matters. If you have 1000 students in your graduating class, being in the top 10% is rarely significant to that of the top 10% in a graduating class of 100.</p>
<p>I don’t believe any school should rank.</p>
<p>actually, at most high schools it does take rigidity into account, that’s why honors/APs are weighted differently than regular classes.
At my high school an A in a regular class is averaged into your GPA as a 4, an A in honors as a 5, and an A in AP as a 6. So in order to have a high rank then you must take AP classes to get the extra boost.
Also, 10% at a school with 1000 students is definitely still just as good if not better! it places you above that many more people! If you think of it in respect to the valedictorian, doesn’t it sound much better for you to be number 1 out of 1000 than 1 out of 100?</p>
<p>Class rank at my school is really stupid. It pretty much all depends on who ha taken the most APs and the least amount of total credits. For example, I have taken 3 more APs than quite a few people in the top 10 people in my class but i have a lower GPA because instead of having the bare minimum 46 credits to credit like the do at this point, i have 70 credits. Many of these credits are 4.0 credits because I have always taken orchestra, and chamber orchestra, and art classes. granted i am still 25/500 but if i didnt have all those arts classes i would be significantly higher still.
in my counselors recommendation she mentioned this exact thing to the colleges i applied to.</p>
<p>i am in a class of close to 600 kids and have taken 3 ap classes, but am in the lower 40th percentile because we don’t have weighted grades. my As in my aps, in my schools eyes, are equal to having an A in health or an A in gym. if your school weighs grades i think that gives class rank more credibility for where you really stand compared to unweighted class ranks.</p>
<p>^Think about it this way. If you are in a class of two people and both of you are morons, then one of you can be in the top 50 percentile. But if you are still the same moron in a class of 1000, than you can be in the lowest .1 percentile of the class.</p>
<p>Consider a class of 9. The top student, in this case, is at 11%.</p>
<p>It’s a stupid measure because there is no consistency with respect to how classes/grades are weighted.</p>