Significance of Class Rank

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>For the SCEA round, my guidance counselor filled out my School Report online, putting me at top 10% as that was the highest he could classify since our school doesn’t rank</p>

<p>Two days after submitting that, we decided that we would do the rest my schools offline so he could write top 1%. Subsequently, we also decided to send Yale an offline report indicating that I was top 1%. I called Yale, and emailed my admissions officer to warn them of the incoming package, and both responses said it was perfectly fine, and they would add it to my files.</p>

<p>Today, I found out that the offline report was never received. Lucky, I was deferred last night so I still have a chance.</p>

<p>Any input on how significant a difference top 10% -> top 1% will make?</p>

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<p>I may be wrong, but I would say that “estimated” class rank in unranked schools is a vague enough statistic that the 1% vs. 10% will make little to no difference. </p>

<p>My school does not rank, I list myself as top 10% on all applications, and Yale accepted me! I can’t imagine that your rank being reported as 10% as opposed to 1% affected your decision in a significant way.</p>