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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the local reps esp UVA, WM, UMD know the schools courses and don't necessarily care what is checked.  But it would be where your kid stands that matters.

But for other schools that don't have a lot of kids applying, yes, I do think it would matter if they were highly selective.[/quote]

Whitman doesn’t rank. How would reps know where they stand?[/quote]

Every school sends a school profile which breaks down gpa bands into percentiles. It is easy for AD to see where a kid falls based on that info.[/quote]

Not really. There’s no way to discern ranking between peer students.  Colleges don’t bother trying when schools don’t rank. They just judge their transcript. [/quote]

Let’s say there are 520 senior kids in a fcps. The school profile will say the GPA range for the class is bw 4.59 and a 1.26. Students who apply and have a 4.5+ will be known to be at the very top. So exact ranking can’t be determined except for the kids with the 4.59 the 1.26…but a general idea of the top and bottom can be.[/quote]

What happens though when a class has an outlier kid? Two years ago the highest GPA at my kid's school was a 4.8+. Last year it was 4.6+. There are always a few kids at his school who skip ahead in math so that they are taking calculus freshman year, though the school has restrictions on taking APs freshman and sophomore years.

There is an outlier kid in my son's junior class this year and my kid's already wondering how that affects other kids (like him) who will have 4.5+ - 4.6+ (more normal for his school).[/quote]

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