<p>Hi quick question. Looking at other chance mes i was curious if a 30 act And a 3.944 unweighted gpa (our school makes it a high b plus low a) is good for Cns or communication for oos</p>
<p>Class rank? That’s the most important factor in admissions at UT.</p>
<p>No class rank</p>
<p>UT will estimate your class rank using the grade distribution provided by your school.</p>
<p>Class rank has to be relative to the rigor of the high school you attend. Your preparation and ability to succeed at UT Austin is all that matters. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what this trend of “not ranking” is. What is the point of that? Seems like many merit awards and admissions are contingent on rank. Seems those schools are hurting their students. Am I wrong? Would it be better for my son if his college prep high school did not rank?</p>
<p>I go to a college prep high school that not only does not rank, but does not provide cumulative GPA. </p>
<p>I have not heard of any scholarship or award that would not consider a student because his/her school does not rank or do GPA. </p>
<p>In the case of UT though, they will obtain your schools grade distribution and predict a range where they believe you would be ranked if your school ranked.</p>
<p>Class rank is ridiculous. My son takes AP Physics. His teacher made a point of commending the parents at back to school night for allowing their children to take his class.</p>
<p>He said that the class Valedictorian should come from his class, but that the students who typically win Valedictorian and Salutorian awards at the school rarely take AP Physics because they don’t want to hurt their GPAs. The extra points for AP classes in the weighted GPA do not come close to making up for the difference in difficulty between AP and Honors classes.</p>
<p>Thankfully, his school does not rank. He’ll be better prepared for college than most Valedictorians from his school.</p>
<p>The 3rd quarter students in our school would do just fine at most universities. 98-100% of our students go to college each year. Maybe our high school needs to stop ranking, if colleges will continue to penalize kids who attend highly competitve high schools.</p>
<p>First, as much as I hate class rank as a factor in admissions it helps the committee compare one student relative to others in the same situation. </p>
<p>Second, students admitted under the top 10% law at UT have outperformed review admits despite having much weaker SAT scores.</p>
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<p>Armynavy…shame on schools or districts for not awarding rigor. At our high school, because of the weight AP classes have, everyone in the top ten (students, not pecent) has at least 10 AP classes in their hats and the top five have 14 or more. Our Val is the Val because she 100% deserves it and if she is not prepared for college, no one at that school is. It makes me crazy that in Texas, where rank is so important, that some districts out their add a few points to the grade for AP. In our district the kids get 1.29 multiplied by their grade. So if you get a hundred in AP Cal…that is a 129. To be the Val at our high school this year it will take a GPA greater than 118.00. And the way our school calculates rank, classes mandatory for graduation like PE, health and speech have no factor. So the top kids in this class are crazy smart, type A driven kids. The majority earn grades of 95 or higher in these APs and our school rank is a pretty good indicator of where you stand in the class. But to keep life in perspective the average unweighted grade in these AP classes is around 70-76 percent. But last year in AP Cal AB, 85% of the classes earned a 5 and in Physics it was 72%. So the teachers are doing something right.</p>
<p>collegeshopping … wow, I’ve never seen a weighting like that for AP. Is your high school public or private? Our private highschool gives 7 points for AP and 6 points for pre-AP or honors. I think the local public HS does the same.</p>
<p>Public. The district is one of the largest in the state. It factors Pre-Ap’s at a 1.15, AP’s at a 1.29, regular at 1.00 and classes like Saturday School at a .90. The only classes that are counted for rank are those required for graduation. So the 4 X 4, plus a fine art credit, P.E., Communications, Health, 3 years FL, and whatever else I can’t remember right now. It was a ranking system put together by a committee of 90 parents, administrators, and teachers that was designed to recognize rigor, achievement and be as fair as possible. Prior to this system being in place, it was a disaster…lol.</p>
<p>Sounds like y’all put a lot of thought into it so that hard work is rewarded. Kudos!</p>
<p>I mean I’ve taken three aps by the end of senior year but in retrospect i’d probably have a fair shot…hopefully :D</p>