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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax doesn't report rank to the colleges. The numbers can only include those who had a rank reported.[/quote]

Its not too hard to figure it out when you go to the school and have its naviance.[/quote][b]The point is that the college says they aren't including schools that don't report rank in their number. [/b][/quote]

[b]That's just about irrelevant.  Generally, UVA is not going to admit nova kids who are not in the top 10% regardless of whether the school system ranks in light of the fact UVA admissions can pretty well figure it out on its own.[/quote][/b]

Agree.  I was there when President Teresa Sullivan gave the convocation speech and used the "at least 10%" from the top 10% of their class.  Admissions can find this info out in a snap.  Are you a member of the honor society?  Bing.  What's your GPA.  Bing.  What's your AP load? Bing.  ECs?  Bing.  What awards do you have?  What do the counselors say about you? What do your letters of recommendation say?  (FCPS won't help you apply if you don't meet their standard for who they think should go to UVA - they have a close relationship with the VA schools and need to protect that).  Our DD's school doesn't rank. but the Jefferson Scholarship Committee insisted on it, so our Principal just figured it out and told them.  There's really no mystery to it.  When the school says it doesn't rank, it certainly does in its head, and that's the role of the college counselor to advise those who can to apply and those for whom he sees the process as expensive and not successful to look at alternatives.

BTW, when your kid takes the PSAT, SAT or ACT, they are asked to fill in bubbles about sex, race, zip code, gpa and where they would rank themselves in their own class.  That information is purchased by colleges who are seeking certain types of students.[/quote]

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