Class rank only reported in weighted GPA

3SailAway
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:31:55 +0000

I’m not sure what our guidance counselors do about rigor, but S24 is not looking to get the highest rigor box checked off. He was just surprised that even though he is a mostly A student with a few Bs, he is not even in the top 50% of his class, according to the only metric we can see. He wondered whether a college might think that he’s an underachiever or doesn’t love learning. (He’s used to people assuming this because he has severe dyslexia.)

I’m less worried now because I think there will be AO’s who look beyond the numbers. When they see that he can get an A in an AP class, they should be less concerned that he didn’t do honors projects freshman year. Certainly colleges can’t fill all their seats with kids who dotted every i and crossed every t, and never passed up the chance for more rigor.

I do think S24 should consider a few more very safe schools since it’s hard to know which schools would be academic matches. Thanks again for your responses. I realize that S24 is not your typical CC kid. I’ve thought about doing a journey thread about his search, but I’m not sure it would be helpful to very many other families. He’s not a CC “average excellent” student—he’s more like an average good student, with some other outstanding qualities.