Oh no, my rank!

R124687
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:56:30 +0000

Princeton should (will?) know specifics of your school. With every application your GC should include a prospectus. It details everything about how the school grades, adds weight, ranks, tells how much rigor is offered, so they can tell if you took the hardest courses, sometimes tells what grades most kids get…like top 5% above 3.85. Colleges can tell a LOT about your school by the prospectus (if done well). Of course they’ve also been doing this a long time, if you’re at a large public I’m sure the regional admissions rep is probably familiar with it. And they track results/successes from schools. If they know nothing at all about your school, and can’t find any way to compare you within it, or it to other schools…hard to say. Ivies only come calling to the top handful (5 ish, not 5%) of kids at my D’s large public. BUT…that’s comparing apples to oranges.