<p>Thing is, I'm rank 1 (out of 16, but hey, that's a rank).
and my GPA was 3.85-ish, as of grades 9 and 10 (still rank 1 back then), with an upward trend.</p>
<p>Then my school, just for fun they thought, changed the grading system to that of the IB, out of 7, 7 being the best and 1 being the worst. Again, I've been rank 1 since junior year, ending last year with a 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 (yes, you guessed it! my teachers are strict graders, but I'm still rank 1!)</p>
<p>**So my question is, even though my counselor says our school does not rank, should I include that I'm rank 1 when I apply?<a href="he's%20pretty%20clueless;%20he%20told%20my%20friend%20(1800%20SAT,%203.3GPA)%20that%20he%20couldn't%20get%20into%20any%20of%20the%20top%20100%20universities.%20The%20way%20he%20talks%20to%20me%20makes%20me%20feel%20that%20I%20have%20no%20chance%20at%20USC%20(my%20dad%20went%20there,%20and%20you%20can%20judge%20me%20at%20%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=386538)">/b</a>.</p>
<p>My friend actually printed off Georgia Tech’s requirements. It said that our school needed to hire someone to convert our grades into a GPA and wanted a %range for ranking. He was “shocked” and told us if we couldn’t write N/A under the GPA part, we’d just have to estimate..</p>
<p>I think it would be appropriate for your GC to mention your top ranking in his/her letter. But don’t obsess over it. If you have high test scores to go with your good GPA, and reasonable ECs, you should be in at colleges like USC.</p>
<p>No, you should not write your rank if your school does not rank. If you go through a semester, unless you know everyone else’s grades, you cannot be certain that you are still #1. (And out of a class of 16, it won’t matter anyway. The sample is too small.)</p>
<p>Many high schools do not rank. My d’s doesn’t, and it still sent kids to all the Ivies and other top schools.</p>
<p>The schools that don’t report rank are over represented in top colleges. So it really isn’t a big deal that your school doesn’t report rank. I’d worry A LOT more about your test scores considering what I’ve seen.</p>