<p>I know class rank can be important in freshman admissions, but I just found out that my university ranks students, so I'm wondering if that should be included in my application.</p>
<p>My rank in the Freshman class and the school that my major is in are both in the top 40%, which isn't that impressive, but apparently I'm ranked #1 in my major, but there are only 3 people (including me) with that major...</p>
<p>Is any of this important?</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t mention either statistic unless the application asks for it. Top 40% is not significant enough that it would affect their opinion much more then seeing your GPA would. And saying you’re ranked #1 out of 3 people just sounds silly. You could say you are ranked #1 in your major and not mention how many people participate in the major, but to me that is somewhat deceitful.</p>
<p>There might be an adjustment in my grades that would raise my GPA, but there wouldn’t be a new rank calculation, and I figured anything larger than top 25% wouldn’t be worth mentioning (I suspect that a lot of people got my GPA, which is why the rank isn’t so special).</p>
<p>I assumed that rank within a major would be more significant anyway, but it doesn’t feel right to say I’m ranked #1, when it just means that I beat two other people, but I’m not sure that I couldn’t submit it.</p>
<p>Any other opinions</p>