School doesn't give out rank...

wjb
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:37:28 +0000

Helicio: Failure to rank only hurts students from “non-big-name” high schools if the high school doesn’t provide enough information to enable colleges to view students’ grades in context. Many small schools don’t want to rank because it may hurt applicants. Your school is a good example; the top 10% is only 6 students, although many more students may be strong academically. Many high schools that don’t provide class rank include a distribution of grade averages for the entire senior class in the high school profile as a sort of proxy for class rank. Ask to see a copy of your high school profile.

If your school doesn’t officially rank, you should not state your rank on your applications, even though you know it unofficially.