How is Class Rank determined at your child's school?

mathmom
Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:54:27 +0000

My sister-in-law got dinged by the stupid ranking system. She took 5 weighted courses + orchestra, the valedictorian took 5 weighted courses + nothing. She’d have ranked the same or higher without the unweighted elective. Thirty years later it still rankles.

Our school only uses “academic” courses in the ranking, but it was clear from my son’s weighted GPA they must have used orchestra. I didn’t complain since it helped him even though orchestra is not weighted. :)