<p>Our rank is on report cards each marking period. Both kids are in the top 11% of 550 kids. We will see how that changes after first trimester this year.</p>
<p>Must be some kind of a record-waiting today on 2 separate service calls and they BOTH showed up on time–one actually 15 minutes early. :D.</p>
<p>Our school lists rank on report cards and transcript. DS is 1 of 242, but last semester he was 2nd. So hoping his 4 weighted classes are enough, if he gets As in everything, to keep it. Whatever happens at least for college apps he can say he is first.</p>
<p>MommyDearest - Thanks for the UA info. We are actually going to visit at the end of the month. DD has a good friend that is a freshman and she will stay in the dorms with her. I thought if you got the Presidential that honors was automatic? I have too much from too many schools floating around in my head and getting mixed up!</p>
<p>Rank is reported on the transcript for us. S is 42 out of 385. Lots of competition at his school. </p>
<p>On another note my favorite quotes…</p>
<p>It’s kinda fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney</p>
<p>All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney</p>
<p>The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing - Walt Disney</p>
<p>The last is dedicated to S and his essay. Apparently Ahsmouh and I both like similar things</p>
<p>Our school ranks but it doesn’t show up on report cards. The kids are allowed to go to the GC and request it once a semester. Right now, S2 is 21/547 (although not that many will actually graduate). He wants to keep this rank because his sister was 26 and he wants to beat her. Not that they’re competitive or anything (well, S2 is - his sister couldn’t care less). In Texas the top 10% get auto-admission to most state schools and the top 8% can get auto-admit to UT-Austin and Texas A&M (from what I understand).</p>
<p>Our D’s hs does not rank; she is in an all-girl Catholic hs with 155 in her class. The GC said that a bunch of years ago admission officers were telling the hs that if they did not rank they’d be able to offer more scholarships to the girls, so they decided not to rank anymore. Our D’s hs is not on any list that I’m aware of, but it has a very rigorous curriculum. In STL, sometime in April, kids all over STL are listed in the local paper for “straight A” tickets for the STL Cardinals…meaning 3.5 and above. I estimated the number of girls in D’s school and it appeared to be about half must have had 3.5 or above for their GPA. Our D’s hs also weights grades, so an A = 4.0 and an A+ = 4.33. However, if it is an honors class you add about .5 to that; therefore and A = 4.5, and an A+ = 4.8. A- is 3.66 for regular, and 4.22 for honors. On down from there.</p>
<p>One more thing…their grading scale is 98 = A+, 95-97 = A, 93-94 = A-, 90-92 = B+ (worth 3.33 or 3.8 for honors), and on down the line, which is not the 90/80/70/60 I was used to in my public high school ;)</p>
<p>I hate to wonder what decile she is in, but thankfully it doesn’t matter…and I’m glad the school doesn’t rank, because it gives the girls more opportunities for scholarships. And truly, they don’t inflate grades - the girls work really hard. Nearly 100% go to 4 year universities/colleges. :)</p>
<p>megpmom - top 10% is automatic admit to Texas A&M. UT is top 8%.</p>
<p>My D’s school ranks - and their ranking system is kind of weird. gpa on the transcript is unweighted. </p>
<p>For the ranking - different levels of classes have different values (weighted). Ranking is done on the number grade, not the letter. And it’s done on the type of class. i.e.</p>
<p>For a grade of 100</p>
<p>Pre-AP/AP/Dual - 8.0
Advanced - 7.0
Regular - 6.0
Modified - 5.0</p>
<p>And the points go down 1/10 of a point for each number grade for all passing grades (down to a 70)</p>
<p>She’s currently 17/412</p>
<p>DD got an acceptance to her #2 in the mail today. One of the coaches at another school emailed her congratulating her on her admission but she hasn’t gotten a letter from them yet :D.</p>
<p>At A&M, you can be an academic admit by being in the top 25% with a 1300 CR+M. That’s how ds got in. :)</p>
<p>SteveMA - That’s great! The ball is a-rollin’! :D</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay - YES - yes you can!</p>
<p>YEA STEVE’S D…CONGRADTS…a double header…</p>
<p>How do you get acceptance so soon…are the rolling admission schools?
I’m Jealous :)</p>
<p>All but one school the kids applied to has rolling admissions. The one school that isn’t is a lottery school and April 1 notification.</p>
<p>Glad to see acceptances are coming for SteveMA’s D!</p>
<p>And for all the other kids’ acceptances - congrats!</p>
<p>crommet - I think your grading scale is the most complicated!</p>
<p>My S school does not report rank. They used to but several things changed that. One, the difference between 1 and 10 was like 0.0004 and they thought it was ridiculous to separate people with such minute variations. Also the calculation discouraged kids from having a free period or taking a class like NAND or choir that they truly love. </p>
<p>I think no rank really helps the kids with their mental health. Its not good to teach them that someone is so much better just because he took a physics class he hated instead of art, and his score was a few hundredths of a point higher.</p>
<p>My son’s SAT scores were sent to colleges on Sept. 28. Looking online at two colleges that have sent him log-ins/passwords to check app status, it says they haven’t received the test scores.
How long does it usually take for a college to get the SAT scores once they’ve been sent according to the collegeboard?</p>
<p>gunnerz–I know on the ACT site it says it can take up to 30 days. I think the SAT is similar. Most of the schools we had to send test scores to said they would take a PDF download from the ACT site of their score report to make a decision, but still needed the official one sent. That has moved the process along for us!</p>
<p>surfcity - I can see that ranking is a real problem in a lot of high schools. It’s not so much a problem in ours. Most of the kids in the top 10 of their class have a favorite EC (band, choir, art, etc.) - and honestly, the way they have it set up with academic requirements, it rarely comes down to a choice between physics and art. 4 years of English, Math, Science and Social Studies are required, 2 years of PE or 4 years of Band, 1 fine art, which Band can also count for, BCIS (basic computer) and Speech. So there’s not a lot of room for choices like that. Art is an elective, Physics is an academic. I guess if you REALLY wanted to, your senior year, you might be able to squeeze in 2 sciences.</p>
<p>gunnerz, it can take awhile because some schools only do a data dump twice a week or so. I’d give it another week before worrying about it.</p>
<p>I just set up senior pics for ds with a private photog. That sounds really extravagant, but the studio’s prices have gone up so much since ds1 had his pics done that it’s no more expensive to go with a private photographer. I liked the studio stuff of ds1 but when the price is the same or cheaper for a private session at locales of our choosing – well, it’s a no-brainer. Ds is such a ham that I bet he loves it!</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay, that’s exciting! Senior pictures. So adorable - so expensive. Love it.</p>