Move to New HS made Son's class rank nosedive

perazziman
Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:07:42 +0000

My son had the same issue. He graduated National AP Scholar and National Merit semifinalist. Less than 2% of the kids at his high school received these recognitions. However, his class rank was below 25% when applied for college. So would not qualify for auto admit at UT Austin or A&M. He came from a school where he would have started with a perfect GPA on the most rigorous track. However, it was recalculated and resulted in the above mess.

In Texas, class Rank is everything for admission under the top 10% rule. UT and A&M cannot ignore or recalculate GPAs.