Most high schools in MA don't rank?

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<p>^^^^</p>

<p>Tiered, as in top 10%, top 25% etc?
Yes, I agree. That is useful, especially since the college CDS report tracks it that way too.</p>

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<p>Non-ranking benefits many more students than a ranking does. That is why so many schools are switching to non-ranking. It’s there to help the students.</p>

<p>Since the colleges get the high school profile and the GPAs it is pretty easy for them to put the student in the correct “ranking”. Similar to what GolfFather said, a kid ranked #27 is not significantly better than the kid ranked #29. Most likely they will fall in the same quartile. Getting down to the actual ranking isn’t necessary.</p>

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<p>Your two statements are inconsistent. If a college can deem a rank from the Profile, then it de facto exists, regardless of whether the high school runs the numbers or not.</p>

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<p>You’re reading too much into. The colleges can estimate the student’s rank. It is quite a bit different from a high school saying the student is #34 and the 18.76 percentile vs a college using the school’s profile and saying the student is in the top 25%. </p>

<p>Obviously when they are looking at kids from the same school they know that Joe with a 3.88 is ranked higher than Bob with a 3.87 but both are in the top 25%. </p>

<p>If you want to say it is de facto then go for it. Colleges don’t need to be so granular in their ranking estimates.</p>