<p>MY DD is a high school junior and wants to go to college in the south. She has very good grades and does well on the standardized tests. Clemson is on her radar. Her high school has changed its policy and will not provide class rank - only the quartile. How does Clemson handle schools that do not rank or only provide quartile?</p>
<p>I really have no idea to be honest. You will have to ask the admissions office about that.</p>
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<p>Follow-up to my post. I just spoke with someone in the admissions office. When a school won’t provide class rank or only provides quartiles, they will use the school profile to gauge where the student ranks versus their class. Unfortuately a “black box” process for students like my daughter, unlike several of other SEC schools where the ACT/SAT and GPA requirements or averages are disclosed and class rank is not a factor.</p>
<p>Our public high school also doesn’t provide class rank, however my son did receive an OOS Waiver.</p>
<p>It’s good to know that waivers can happen for kids whose schools don’t rank.</p>
<p>What is an OOS waiver? My attends an out if state public which does not rank. Will she need this?</p>
<p>OOS waiver is basically a scholarship given, based on HS GPA and SATS or ACTS, to OOS student applicants which gives them tuition at the lower/instate price.</p>
<p>“Out-of-state students who qualify for an academic recruiting scholarship might be offered a tuition waiver that covers part or all of the out-of-state tuition differential. You will be automatically evaluated for these scholarships based on the information found in your admissions application, such as your test scores and high school rank. There is no separate scholarship application.”</p>
<p>how difficult are these to come by? would a 30+ ACT and two 700+ subject test scores suffice?</p>
<p>usually if you meet the requirements, you’ll usually have a good shot at getting one</p>
<p>“Usually, recipients of academic recruiting scholarships have an SAT score of at least 1370 (ACT 31) and rank in the top 10 percent of their senior class.”</p>
<p>PS: your subject tests don’t matter at all for Clemson</p>
<p>^it says theyre considered if sent…</p>
<p>that is true but it won’t have any effect on the OOS Tuition waivers (the secret reason behind the top 10% ranking and the SAT scores…US News rankings!)</p>