<p>So the counselor sent off the mid-year report in a timely manner and today the new rankings came out and my son went up two spots. She said she could call the schools but didn't think it significant as they did see the adjusted GPA and probably only pay attention to drastic changes. Is there any reason to think it's worth the calls?</p>
<p>If it is 3 to 1 or 4 to 2, yes. 13 to 11? I wouldn't. Now if it meant going up a whole decile (ex. from second decile to top decile) I'd send it.</p>
<p>6 to 4 -- and I think it's important to remember that the differences between 2 and 6 are probably hundredths of a point. Maybe he should just have her call on the schools that are the biggest reaches.</p>
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To remember you have to first know, don't you? Without the GC mentioning that , how would the college ever know?</p>
<p>Well, it does make him one of the top 5 students - does that matter?</p>
<p>eg1, I have never seen actual stats on top 5 . I have seen stats on val and sals. </p>
<p>(Hmmm. Maybe I have seen something somewhere. I belive it was listed like "Rest of top 5". I'll dredge my noggin' for it.;))</p>
<p>I think it only matters if the class is a small one. Say, for example, the class size is 60. The move changes his percentile rank. However, if his class is 500, there is no reason to report the change.</p>
<p>The class is slightly over 500. That's why the numbers run so close together.</p>
<p>IMO. The change in ranking has little to do with the future, unless it was a drastic move downwards. The essays, teacher recs, and overall scores are more important now. I can tell you that even being 1 of 400, skipping a grade, IB, NMF, perfect GPA, etc, does not guarantee you anything.</p>
<p>If the class size is 500, he is in the top 2% of his class, regardless if he is #6 or #4. This change will not affect his admissions anywhere one iota.</p>