<p>How can a college do its own ranking? The UCs, maybe, based on CA standards. (I dont know what the UCs do.) The best most can do is guesstimate. For a hs that does not rank, they can get a feel- nothing more. Eg, they “know” what puts a kid at the top of the pool at my kids’ former hs- because the adcoms “know” the school. Or, they know how hard it is to get top ranking at one of the best hs in the country. </p>
<p>And, who has time to go through 15-30,000 apps and do this? You think they’ll transcribe each class and assign a value to the grade? If so, I have never seen this “new” rank. I have, otoh, seen reader comments reflecting the rank the GC put down.</p>
<p>On another thread, his gpa at the end of junior year was 3.15, which he brought to 3.5 through online classes. He’s at a school with “serious” grade inflation. 25% of the kids have better than a 3.9. NOT a competitive hs where A’s are hard to come by. His stats are good, but many colleges place less emphasis, if any, on self-studied APs.</p>