<p>“If you have 5 students who are (pretend along with me) completely equal in every way with excellent test scores, grades, rigor, ECs, essays, personality, etc., but have rank of 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 <em>from the same school where rank is on the transcript</em> are people seriously thinking the 10 & 20 don’t have an edge over 40 & 50?”</p>
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same school?!</p>
<p>It’s just not going to happen. If you have 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 have the same grades that means everyone from 10 through 50 have the same grades. If this is the case, then something odd is going on at that school. (personally, I’d start looking at the order of the last names)</p>