<p>I'm probably going to graduate with a 3.8 GPA, but my ranking probably will be low compared to other applicants to Penn. I only have 50 kids in my graduating class, so rankings fluctuate constantly. Sometimes, I'm in the top decile or top 5% even, and sometimes I'm not in either of them, because there are only 50 kids.
So, what's the importance of rank? I know that colleges look at everything, but how much importance does rank get? Thanks.</p>
<p>are you already accepted? if so, i dont think its a big difference, just dont slip beyond b's and c's</p>
<p>This was found on the Penn Admissions Website. Obviously, rank does play a factor into their decisions if they feel it is necessary to post this. </p>
<p>Rank Percent Admitted
Valedictorian 38%
Salutatorian 31%
Other Top Five Percent 18%
Second Five Percent 6%
Total Top Decile 19%
Second Decile 4%
Second Quintile 3%
Third Quintile 2%
Fourth Quintile 0%
Fifth Quintile 0%
No Rank 17%
Incomplete Information 0%</p>
<p>no, I'm a high-schooler. </p>
<p>Any more responses?</p>
<p>WOW good luck if your rank is top 6% b/c they only accept 6% of applicants ranked 6,7,8,9,10.....</p>
<p>I think rank is very important.. More so the individual number than the percent if it's good. I'm ranked 2 in my class of 957. Only myself and number 1 were accepted. People ranked from 3-20 were rejected, even though 20 in my school is top 2 percent.. But that's just my school, a lot of other schools have much higher acceptances into Penn</p>
<p>i got into wharton with a class rank of 8 (was top 1% though due to large class)</p>
<p>it really depends. my school deliberately doesn't rank b/c it is such a competitive public school. if its available and its a big school, it will play a big role. it doesn't hurt you if there is no rank available, and it probably won't be such a big deal if there are only 50 kids.</p>
<p>im in the 6% of accepted students in the top ten percent of their class :)</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>umm not very important i'd say...i got in with a very visible downward trend in my class rank, from a medium-sized, not super competitive public</p>
<p>but if you have 40 kids in your class, and your number 5, is that a significant problem...especially if the numbers at the top are very close together</p>
<p>because the people at my school with low GPAs keep transferring so there are only higher GPA kids left now</p>
<p>we used to have 80, now we have 40</p>
<p>I got into the College with a rank of 19/~750, but our schools no longer reports class rank and I just fell into the top 5% pool. Our valedictorian also got in.</p>
<p>yeah, but what if there's only 1 or 2 people in the top 5%...somebody could miss the top 5% by .0001 GPA point even and not be in the top 5%</p>
<p>i would say that if you are in a large class aim for at least top 10 or 15. in a smaller class/school, top 5. at my school, which has a large class size this year, the only people to be accepted into penn were in the top 10.</p>
<p>the adcoms are going to see that your graduating class is small. i highly doubt they see much of a difference between someone who graduates 5th or 3rd in a class of like 40.</p>
<p>Currently, I am ranked 18th in my class of 280 students which is exactly on the top 6 percent. Now, I would like to know how do you guys define a "big class" or a "small class"? Is my class considered a "big class"?</p>
<p>Sounds medium to me, but really whatever top percent bracket you're in will be more important.</p>
<p>Rank is the number of linearly independent column/row vectors in a matrix... it's always important. Har har.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering if finding ibanking jobs is more difficult if you are a Penn CAS econ major versus a wharton kid. If so, how much more difficult is it and should i consider doing Brown's Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship concentration instead, since i won't have to compete with "wharton" persay?</p>