On my Common App, I accidentally put that my school had a class rank when in fact it does not have a class rank. This was a legitimate accident and I reported my GPA correctly. That’s what all my Early Action schools received. I don’t want it to seem that I have been purposefully lying to them.
My counselor sent my official high school transcript to my early action schools, so they can see that there is no school ranking system. I asked my counselor and she said that I should be fine. She added that after admitting a student the school would cross check with official records if they are given. I feel like I should be fine, but I am just asking.
Is it likely that a school will rescind my application due to having misentered data such as this? Remember, my official transcript is with my early action schools.
From what I’ve heard, colleges typically rescind admissions decisions if your self-reported GPA or test scores are incorrect by a wide margin or something else major on your application was obviously and intentionally falsified. It’s extremely unlikely that you’ll be rescinded for something like this. Nevertheless, I would e-mail your colleges directly and inform them of the mistake just for a sense of security.
One thing I’m confused about - doesn’t the Common App require you to report a class rank if you indicate that your school ranks? Did you report anything there or leave it blank? If you did report something, you should definitely e-mail your colleges. Again, it’s not grounds for being rescinded, but it might help your case to clarify.
^^^The above poster is wrong about the first part. Rescinding admissions is very rare and it will only relate to you if they find that you lied in a serious way (making a mistake doesn’t count). Email your colleges though. Schools look at transcripts anyway, not self-reported (unless something is missing from your transcript). I also want to know what you put for your rank. If you put “1 of ___” then that’ll be cause for suspicion. How did you fill it out if you don’t know?
I was trying to make the point that it is rare and only happens if someone lies about something serious on purpose. I apologize, that wasn’t very clear.
I don’t think it’s really needed, but I suppose an email is quick and easy.
“ Is it likely that a school will rescind my application due to having misentered data such as this?”
Zero chance of that happening for accidentally checking a box on the application.