General, rambling complaint about class ranking...

ctyankee
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:25:23 +0000

It is a double-edged sword, no way around it. But, college is not the end of things and pushing yourself against strong competition will serve you well in the long run.

Some colleges have their act together, some don’t. My son’s guidance counselor knows the colleges and how many slots the school normally gets. Sometimes a more selective college will give us more slots than a school ranked lower. Some things may be pretty arbitrary and other things may be based on well reviewed data mining on their part. Hard to say. I guess the only takeaway is that if you are a middle-of-the-pack player in a strong high school, you are up against it as:


There are no criteria (e.g. class rank) that will help you.
There are many kids in your OWN school that will be at a competitive advantage for competitive schools.