Rank dilemma.

hmom5
Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:50:34 +0000

Get the book A Is For Admission in which the former Dartmouth adcom goes into detail about how they figure out rank. For many schools they have standing formulas.

Where they don’t, most school profiles have enough info to get a very good idea. They are attached to every school report. Then they add in historical info from past applicants from your high school. For better or worse, they come up with a rank. If they don’t know your school, it’s the regional reps job to get to know it.

Schools that have 90 plus percent in the top 10% of the class will bend for schools that don’t rank that are very competitive (average SAT over 2000, 20% plus to ivies and peers ).