Rank Question....APs

Applying to College
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<p>By the time I graduate, I will have taken (or be taking) the following APs... colleges should see the APs I take my senior year, says my counselor...</p>

<p>AP Human Geography
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP World History
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Language
AP US History
AP US Government
AP Literature
AP Chemistry
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
(possibly AP Euro, if I self-study)</p>

<p>Plus, my class only has 100 students. Our counselors are going to report ranks to the nearest 20%... not based on cumulative GPA (i.e. 0-100) but on weighted GPA (0-4). Our GPAs are only weighted up to 4.0. </p>

<p>Currently, I'm 28/100, and I should be able to get that up into the top 20%... but that's based on my cumulative GPA, not my weighted. My weighted should be (by the end of junior year) 3.88.... Our class was initially 250, but everyone dropped out and so now we're under 100. </p>

<p>How badly (if badly at all) will colleges look at my rank if I'm not in the top 20%...?</p>

<p>Thx</p>

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<p>if you’re that competitive and not 20%, it will tell colleges that your school is very competitive, and that will be taken into account.</p>

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<p>How do 150 kids drop out of a class?</p>

<p>And its really not THAT big of a deal if your not ranked in the top 20%</p>

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<p>I don’t know, if 150 kids are dropping out it doesn’t sound that competitive. (Unless OP is in a magnet program?)</p>

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<p>It’s a charter program, but it’s as hard (if not harder) than a magnet. Certainly harder than the other magnets in our state.</p>

<p>We had a lottery which capped us at 250 students, now we’re down to ~100 or less. </p>

<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>“if you’re that competitive and not 20%, it will tell colleges that your school is very competitive, and that will be taken into account.”</p>

<p>idk about that, a lot of schools weigh being in the top 10% very highly.</p>

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<p>If your school sends colleges rank, then it’s important to be up there, preferrably in the top 10% or as high as your particular school reveals. A lot of competitive schools simply don’t rank because they know what a disadvantage that puts their kids at. Check princetonreview.com; the stats don’t like–you need to be up there.</p>