<p>Anyone here experience what happens when your highschool refuses to rank your class. It says estimate, but thats easier said then done. I could be anywhere in the top 5-50%.</p>
<p>This sounds like a question for a BGO. Seriously.</p>
<p>I believe USNA will make an educated guess for you in any case.</p>
<p>Sons school did/does not rank. He was told to not worry about it as a school profile is sent in with the application and USNA can make a determination as to where you fit within the school's profile. Ask to see your schools profile so that you can use it to help make an educated guess as to where you fit.</p>
<p>Kwyjibo217:</p>
<p>Did your school refuse to rank, or did they just say that they don't? Because my school doesn't, either, due to major differences in course loads and types of classes taken. However, my guidance counselor was willing to rank just based on raw grades, and that's the ranking I have stuck with.</p>
<p>My school refuses to rank because we have magnets and residents and the course loads are just so different. My counselor just guessed by looking at my course load, my GPA, and my final average and put me in the top 10%. I don't know if this was right, but he said it sounded good to him, and he knows our class pretty well.</p>
<p>If the high school does not rank then it won't be a factor. The Academies understand that not all schools can or do rank.</p>
<p>Don't know this to be gosple, but I heard one admissions officer say that they would use the candidate's SAT/ACT percentile if the high school did not rank students. That is, if your SAT score put you in the 90th percentile, then your class rank would be imputed as the top 10 percent. Assuming there were 100 students in your class you would be ranked #10. If 95th percentile score, rank would be #5. </p>
<p>This approach certainly has pros and cons since GPA and SAT scores do not always correlate.</p>
<p>That would be great for me if it were like that. I'm one of those kids that do better on those tests than actual school.</p>