How much do colleges actually care about class rank?

fogcity
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:31:45 +0000

I’m surprised by many of the above replies.

Class rank is an extremely important point of reference in admissions considerations at selective and very selective colleges. It facilitates comparisons of students from different schools.

And although many private high schools do not rank, they often provide an overall grade profile to colleges. Using the profile colleges can easily determine the decile of an applicant – i.e. top 10%, 10-20% etc.