Anonymous wrote:^ that quote is taken out of context. They're taking about school rankings, not class rankings.

Good lord, totally right. I did that much too fast.

I think you'll find that most independent schools in this area do not compute class rank, as one or two other posters wrote.

Apologies.

^ that quote is taken out of context. They're taking about school rankings, not class rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell (counter to Quaker belief in equality)

Explain. Sidwell doesn't do class rank. How is that counter to the Quaker belief system?

The PP is saying that doing a class rank would be counter to the Quaker belief in equality, and therefore Sidwell doesn't do it.

I went to Sidwell in the mid 90s and this was a big thing even back then.

From the NAIS Web site: The National Association of Independent Schools "is officially and staunchly opposed to school ranking systems."

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Class rank is only a public school thing...at least in this area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell (counter to Quaker belief in equality)

Explain. Sidwell doesn't do class rank. How is that counter to the Quaker belief system?

The PP is saying that doing a class rank would be counter to the Quaker belief in equality, and therefore Sidwell doesn't do it.

Apologies, I misread the statement.

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