<p>Well my GPA is great, but my rank, not so much. I'm ranked 50 out of 275, and this is due to the fact that rank is based on your unweighted gpa. Since I am a Full I.B student, my unweighted isn't as strong as kids who take easy classes. DO colleges take this to account when looking at your rank and gpa. Thanks</p>
<p>i’m sure they do</p>
<p>Of course they do. They love to see that you’re taking the hardest classes possible.</p>
<p>This is why some high schools don’t report rank; it is a meaningless figure, and I don’t understand why colleges report it as a measure of their incoming classes. If your school doesn’t rank you, or if it reports unweighted rather than weighted gpas, your college will figure out what your gpa is worth, to them. Gpas are complicated, too–unweighted doesn’t reflect the difficulty of your courses, but weight seems to vary from school to school (4.5 for honors, and 5 for AP? I’ve seen several different systems). The point of your GC letter of reference is, in part, to explain where your grades, and your classes, stand in relation to the other kids in the school. If you’re worried, make sure your GC writes it out for the colleges, especially if you go to a school that does not send many candidates to that college, which may mean that it is not familiar with the difficulty of your own school’s courseload. But if it’s IB, that has significance, too.</p>
<p>The one thing is, there is that 10% Quasi Rule that some top schools use. So make sure you get a good GC letter to support you. </p>
<p>Even better, if there’s an option not to report rank, don’t report.</p>
<p>First off, that’s cheap that your school will do that. If the school is I.B. and offer those level courses for every student, then it should at least rank bassed on Weighted GPA.</p>
<p>Colleges will look at your rank, but they will also look at which GPA determines placement. At least at my high school, the ranking is under which GPA they rank on on official transcripts. Also avalable on your transcripts are your course load which, since it is rigorous, should offset any ranking issues.</p>
<p>…that or they will assume that every kid at your school is taking a similar courseload and you are just the worst of the bunch. However, since at least my school district uses the I.B. program as a way to make crap schools seem a little less…suck-y, I doubt this will even cross an application reader’s mind.</p>