Reporting Class Rank

Applying to College
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<p>At my school, they just changed the policy this year and my class will be the first to try it. We are given a choice to report class rank because we are a top public high school and very academically competitive. My class rank isn't great, top third, and not planning on reporting it, but my grades are pretty good for some small LAC's I'm applying too, a 3.6 W, 3.5 UW, the highest being Carleton College. </p>

<p>Will colleges see a discrepancy of my not reporting class rank because we typically do, and will they view that negatively?</p>

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<p>Colleges will know exactly where you rank, the school will still give enough info for them to figure it out. Rank choice is especially silly.</p>

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<p>This. Colleges are given enough information to know exactly where you stand in the pack. </p>

<p>And I’ve never heard of “rank choice.” That’s just foolish.</p>

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<p>I’ve looked at my transcript as colleges will see it, there is no rank and absolutely no clues to give it away… Even with the flyer about our average ACT ranking and performance I outrank the averages and score consistently high. I’ve taken all competitive chances for classes too.</p>

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<p>Class rank, courses taken, course rigor, GPAs etc. etc. should be reported exclusively and officially by the school registrar. There may be a handful of exceptions (e.g. AP grades in some schools), but in general that’s what colleges expect.</p>

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<p>This problem isn’t anything new!</p>

<p>Some classes are more academically driven than others. But what can you do? Susie Smith made an A in a class Jackie Ann didn’t. :(</p>

<p>It sucks.</p>

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<p>Your school sends out a school profile with each transcript. Most profiles give grade distribution data. In addition, colleges have years of historical data on past applicants from your school, their GPAs and ranks. They will also have data from this years’ applicants who chose to give rank. Colleges have formulas for many high schools that don’t rank that allow them to approximate rank. For the rest, they make educated guesses.</p>