Honors Program Application Question

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<p>Just a humorous observation. </p>

<p>My son will be applying to an honors program soon. I’m looking at their application and noticed something in the part the guidance couselor is supposed to fill out. Just above a section that asks extensive questions about the high schools math curriculm (math prowess is a very important factor in this program) they list the following questions:</p>

<p>What is the current size of the graduating class?
How many students in the graduating class are currently ranked in the top 5%?</p>

<p>(Let’s see, if we had 100 seniors, 5% would be, what 5?)</p>

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<p>That’s really, um, scary?</p>

<p>Dare I ask what school this is?</p>

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<p>I’m not telling until after my son hears one way or the other from them, sorry.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the laugh of the day!</p>

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<p>I can see how this would be a legit questions. Some schools “rank” all the kids with a certain gpa at the same level and that could be much more than the percentile number might indicate.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I realized that ties would affect the number as I went to lunch.</p>