Importance of Class Rank

bksoccer7
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:39:45 +0000

Class rank is one of those factors listed as very important by many highly selective schools. But I have always wondered to what extent can it impact an application. Personally, I have a very high class rank (1-3 haven’t checked exact in a while). Is this one of those factors, such as essays, that can sway an application to the acceptance pile (granted the applicant has decent EC’s, test scores, recs, etc)? Any thoughts on class rank as a whole?