Two questions:
Do colleges look more on class rank than grades in college prep courses?
If I got a B average in all honors and AP courses in junior year, will colleges be impressed if I manage all As in honors and AP courses in senior year? (In other words, will As in senior year make up for junior year? I will be taking more APs and honors courses this year than last year, by the way.)
<p>Okay, I lied. Here is another question I forgot to ask: If colleges look more on class rank than grades, will it put a negative impact on the applicant if his/her school doesn’t rank and has a difficult grading system?</p>
<p>come on…don’t be shy. These questions are really simple to answer, and if you don’t know the answer, just say “I don’t know.”</p>
<p>No negative impact from no school ranking, they usually have their own ranking formula.</p>
<p>First of all, very few questions answered on this forum have an answer that really is as simple as ‘yes’ or ‘no’. </p>
<p>1) It’s important to show that you can be competitive in the environment of your high school, so rank is important, but it’s also important to show that you can hold your own in difficult classes. Different schools might place different amounts of emphasis on these areas. </p>
<p>2) Upward trends are good, but overall GPA is still a factor. A B average junior year shouldn’t hurt you too badly.</p>
<p>answer to #1- <a href=“http://www.nacac.com/downloads/ch4_fia.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacac.com/downloads/ch4_fia.pdf</a> (page 2)</p>
<p>When you look at the fact that the top prep schools in the Country place 30% of their grads at ivies and ivy like schools, you understand that a disproportionate number of kids at top colleges come from highly competitive high schools. Many of the schools don’t rank, but their school profiles (not to mention that adcoms know the schools well) tell them where you rank. In A is for Admissions, Hernandez explains that Dartmouth (and all the rest) have formulas for kids from schools that don’t rank.</p>
<p>Senior year grades are not going to help you. While colleges see mid year reports, and they can pull you in when there’s doubt, you are mostly being judged on the first three (just 2 at some schools) years.</p>