<p>Is there that much of a difference between rank 1 and 2/3...do schools value valedictorians, or is it like the SAT's, as in after a certain mark, the adcom starts looking at yoru EC's and other factors. Thanks</p>
<p>I don't think there's much of a diff between 1 or 2 or 3.</p>
<p>Nah, I think your GPA is more important than your rank.
As long as your GPA is high, it doesn't matter if you're 1, 2, or 3.
Unless #1 has a 4.0 and #2 has a 3.5
Then yes, that's a big difference haha ;]</p>
<p>oh ok...cause we're all pretty close..i just don't want to be stressing if I drop a spot or 2</p>
<p>Some schools have a noticeably higher acceptance rate of Valedictorians than Salutatorians...Penn and Brown, for example</p>
<p>oh....where are you getting this information? just curious</p>
<p>Uh, definitely not true in my case, haha.</p>
<p>In most contexts, I think that your rank expressed as a percentage of the graduating class will be more important than your number-in-class. For an obvious example: an adcom can infer less from someone being 3rd in a graduating class of 50 than from being 3rd in a class of 500. If you're in the top 5% at a good school, that's quite an accomplishment and you should not worry about one or two "slots."</p>
<p>Basically, as long as you stay within the top 5%-10% of your class, you should be fine. GPA far outweighs rank, and I know at my school the difference between each rank, especially as the ranks are higher, is so minimal it can almost be negligible because the GPA's are so close together.</p>
<p>cory123: There is a breakdown on both websites regarding accepted students. It turns out I was incorrect about Brown, Valedictorians and Salutatorians are both accepted at a rate of 26%. At Penn however, Vals are admitted at a rate of 38% versus 33% for Salutatorians--a pretty significant difference.</p>
<p>Statistics here:</p>
<p>Brown: <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html</a>
Penn: <a href="http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php</a></p>