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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ask any seasonal reader of application. The first cut isGPA and test scores.  Then class rank -and before you yell my high school doesnt rank! - it does via the school profile sent by the high school with each applicant. it contains no of kids in the applicant  class, the gpa distribution, the most rigorous courses offered and a bar graph to show what percentage of the class is actually taking those courses. The reader can figure out class rank in seconds. Also,  readers look for clues like honor society. Only after meeting the school's minimum stats does the application go to the AO staff  and ultimately the regional AO who is familiar with the school and howpast admittees have performed at that college. The reader also ferrets out hooks.[/quote]

Our private’s college counselor does not fill out grade distro; most rigorous courses; or the bar graph. I suspect they can still get stats/scores/avgerages from landmark though?

Note the regional reps forT25s are all familiar with our school’s unique curriculum/ teachers /classes hard to get As in and the best writers of LOR - so maybe this is a moot point.[/quote]

You missed the bigger comment: the first cut it GPA. Are you certain your school does not have a school profile where it says with the lowest GPA and the highest GPA of the senior class is from that school?[/quote]

I am positive.

This is why many private high schools don’t even calculate GPA- they make the colleges calculate it.[/quote]

Many private HS’s rank, tho. Our public does not. If the rank is offered, that is significant info.[/quote]

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