<p>It seems that most people admitted on here were #1 or 2 in their class. Harvard says that most students rank in the top 10-15%, did the ec's get the kids in that weren't in the top 10%?</p>
<p>im in the top 12%- I changed schools in 11th grade- my 1st two years I was in the top 10% but when I changed schools my class rank got messed up.
will they take that into account?</p>
<p>Yes they will. Don't worry too much about it, as top 12% is still very good.</p>
<p>Rank isn't everything</p>
<p>thanks for answering, also would you say that ec's are rated the same as grades, from what I understand they are</p>
<p>The Thing is, Although I'm in the top 3 percent of my class, I'm number 15 ( out of 540) and thus--although you say rank isn't the only thing, will NEVER get accepted.</p>
<p>It also doesnt help that the valedictorian applied there( was deferred), the saludatorian is applying there, as is someone else in the top 10 ( possibly the top 5).</p>
<p>Freakish: Don't despair. In my HS, the val and sal applied, along with myself and some other people (all of us in the top 25--not top 10). The val didn't get in, the sal did, the person ranked 3rd didn't, and myself and another girl did. Our high school class was about 250 people. So just because the valedictorian doesn't get in, does not mean anything as my high school situation illustrates. Good luck :)</p>
<p>only one person ever ( our school is about 15 years old), got in and that was last year. I think she was #3</p>
<p>The sal got in at my school. I am val and applied RD, but I doubt I'll get in. A lot of val get rejected. My application was too mediocre. </p>
<p>Anyway, I don't really know about being ranked 12. There is a big emphasis on your ECs and essays.</p>
<p>on the p/r/s/t/a/t/s site, it seems like 90% of those who got in were val's :-</p>
<p>If you're in grade-inflation high then rank isn't gonna mean squat. Right now I'm barely in top 20% in my grade but I know that my school's gpa system is f'ed up, so I don't really care.</p>
<p>Anyone know any schools that rank based more than just gpa?</p>
<p>My school doesnt even weight GPA's. It's ridiculous, some people have higher averages than me, but it's only because they take easier classes.</p>
<p>Bluesteel4PETIT, </p>
<p>I understand exactly how you feel. At my school, most of the people with really high GPAs take super easy classes. For instance, I know this girl who currently has a 3.94 cumulative (a number 4 rank). However, her schedule consists mainly of art and phys. ed classes. Because her GPA is so high, she has gotten tons of scholarships. It is so unfair that some people take the "easy" way out, and the school almost rewards them for doing so. I think that weighed GPA systems should be required for all high schools because they would actually encourage students to take harder classes.</p>