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[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]

I don't think you are asking the right questions. The info is in the school profile sent by the high school, public or private.  Bear in mind that college counselors are in a bind. The high schools don't want push-back from parents so they will do anything to avoid  admitting they rank or they don't check off the most rigorous box. Yet, the colleges know. The information is all
there provided by the counselor. That's what readers look for in the first cull. Plus they already have a dossier on your school from prior applicants and their successes at the University.[/quote]

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