How Important is Class Rank

gibby
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:36:32 +0000

^^ The answer will vary from GC to GC and from school to school.

At my son and daughter’s high school, the College Office/GC’s refused to check boxes for any students, as they felt that ranking and checking boxes only helped the tippy top students – and their job was to get EVERY student into a great college, not just students at the high end. And it worked – over half the class (450+ kids) are admitted to the ivies and little ivies every year. So not providing ranking or checking boxes seems to help more students, at least at their HS.

You could certainly ask your GC to see the form. Whether or not they will show it to you is another matter. My kid’s HS had a college application prep meeting for parents where a sample SSR was put up on the screen for all to see how the form was completed by the College Office.