How much of a role does rank play?

[Weasel8488]

<p>Back when Fred Hargadon was Dean of Admission, ninth grade wasn’t considered.</p>

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We do not consider the ninth grade. We focus only on the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades.

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<p>[Princeton</a> - Admissions - Frequently Asked Questions](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/19990218204607/www.princeton.edu/~compub/admissions/QandA.html]Princeton”>Princeton - Admissions - Frequently Asked Questions)</p>

<p>I can’t find anything definitive on if that’s changed since Rapelye took over, but one CC poster wrote this:</p>

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@knickknackpatty

They don’t look at freshman grades (thank god). I went to their oncampus tour/info session and the admissions lady said they recalculate your GPA, one of the ways by taking out the freshman year. They see frosh year as a “transition for many”

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