how to explain upward trend in the additional information section?

YuppittTales
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:50:57 +0000

I would say you don’t really need to use the additional information to explain that you just ended up taking high school more seriously. The school will see the improvements in grades on your transcript and assume that you just ended up taking school more seriously, especially if you attained better grades and took harder courses than the previous year.

What I’m wondering is how this affects class rank. For instance, my class rank was in the top 33% and I took school more seriously as you did. This might be the same situation you’re in. Now I’m in the top 15%, but not quite at the top 10% where most W&M students are. Does W&M recognize this as a reason I might not be in the top 10%?