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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just request the rank.  It helps sort out this issue.  It does not need to be reported down to a single number .  Your student can report they are top 3 percent, or 5 percent or 7 percent or whatever.  Common ap offer no differentiation smaller than top 10 percent which can be dozens of kids in a large class and not that helpful to the higher ranked students.[/quote]

This should be determinable quickly by looking at the profile from your HS sent to all colleges.

Here is a sample:

https://professionals.collegeboard.org/guidance/counseling/profile/sample [/quote]

IF 36 kids are getting a 4.0 or higher - is not it helpful to be in the top 5 of those 36 than in the bottom 5?[/quote]

Of course, but many HS don't rank that way anymore.  I can tell you why if you are interested but you probably know already.

If a kid in that group is exceptional, the guidance counselor and teachers' recommendations will communicate that better than a ranking.[/quote]

Is there anything wrong with reporting an unofficial ranking?  Our HS does rank the students because they want to have a valedictorian and salutatorian.[/quote]

How could there be such a thing as an unofficial ranking? Once someone qualified says there is a ranking, then there is a ranking.  [/quote]

Unofficial in that the school does not report it.  But obviously they calculate it so I just asked for it.[/quote]

What use is that to you?  Other than justified pride, which is ok by me![/quote]

I am asking  for use in applying to college  It is so competitive.  If there are 400 kids in DCs class....they report 1 and 2 and then it is a black hole.  IF they only say a student is in top 10 percent that is fine but that is 40 kids....why not be kid 4 instead of 40?  It is just another lottel piece of info but dont see how it would hurt.  It seems to be ok help the first 2 kids so why not others as well?[/quote]

I doubt there is a meaningful difference between 4 and 40 for the college, especially if the variance in grades is small.  Either kid will be able to do the work, which is what they are looking for, then they look to essays and other factors.[/quote]

Not sure. It is an academic rank that just comes from a math calculation.   It seemed to be important to be top 2 so it just seems so arbitrary that 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 etc. would not have some meaning, even if it is not critical, it seem to have some significance.[/quote]

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