How bad is top 26%

dshinka
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:13:40 +0000

I was in the top 21% or 26% of my class (I remember it was 1% off from either 20 or 25). I had high test scores and good EC’s - I made it into good schools. In college I performed a lot better than many of my friends who claimed to be valedictorian and stuff. If you live in a city with 1 mil+ people, I wouldn’t sweat not being at the top - a lot of people live in places where the high school they go to is based on location not merit, like it is where I live, and subsequently they have higher class rank and whatnot…

Even if it does affect your initial college acceptance, you still have enough time, in college, to go to a CC, then transfer to a flagship school and then highly ranked graduate program in your field so I wouldn’t let high school bog you down. Doing well in college is much more important!