<p>Hi all, just wondering exactly how much do other people in your high school compete with you other than in class rank, if applicable. I've heard both sides: that colleges consider the context of your school environment and will judge you directly with your peers and that colleges don't consider you within your high school. Which is correct? Thanks!</p>
<p>It depends on your school and college. For my school, we just did away with class rank because our public HS is so competitive, and puts people like me at a huge disatvantage. There are a large amount of students who are extremely academically successful because they take few AP or hard classes and complain when they do bad.</p>
<p>This makes people like me at a huge disadvantage when I get a bad class rank because I got a few B’s from taking college level classes in HS.</p>
<p>I see what you mean. I understand that class rank will inevitably play a role in pitting students of the same high school against each other. </p>
<p>To clarify, my question is whether students as a whole are compared to one another (from the same high school). Thanks for your response!</p>
<p>Generally, yes. Colleges ask for a school profile which includes information about the difficulty in the curriculum, average stats for other students at your school, the number of kids who take APs/Honors, and the school’s local rank. So, admissions officers know what you’re up against, what kind of opportunities you have, and how you compare.</p>