Oh no, my rank!

Elanorci
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:58:36 +0000

Maybe this will help:
My school is a large and very competitive public - AP/honors classes are weighted as 5.0s, and the cutoff for top 10% is about 4.6.
However, schools are definitely aware of the cutthroat nature of our school’s GPA game. Last year, between five and seven people were accepted to Harvard - and while all of them had a respectable rank (probably top 5%), the majority were NOT in the “top handful” (top five places).
I’m ranked 12/750, and while I don’t fancy my Pton chances are especially high, I’m pretty sure that if I don’t get in, it will not be because of my rank.
No worries. Your rank is absolutely fine.