<p>When they tell you that they don’t rank,it is bogus.They send a school profile that notes average SATs and what GPA comprise certain class ranks. For example, to be in the top 35%, you need a weighted 4.0 at our school. To be in the top 10%, you need a weighted 4.5 etc. Thus, schools can estimate class rank anyway.</p>
<p>approx. 50% of Calif publics do not rank…(and that’s a LOT of high schools). Moreover, the school profiles in our district are rather generic (no grade distributions whatsoever)…</p>
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<p>I still believe that my school does not and cannot rank. There may be some guesses as to where a student is, but it is by no means good. As a junior or sophomore you can take three different programs, with different grades and exams, completely different format. Thus GPA’s are completely different. Also not everyone takes SAT’s- only about 10-20% of the grade. So again it would be hard to guess on that. </p>
<p>So I’m not sure how a college would somehow surmise where in the class you are, because there’s really no concrete way of seeing it.</p>
<p>Scarletleavy, you need to see what the school send out in its “school profile.” Believe me, from the profiles that I have seen, schools can give a fairly good estimate of rank within 5%. Yes, it may not be exact,but it is still pretty good. Our school breaks down the GPA as to rank as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Top 10%- GPA 4.5 or better</li>
<li>Top 35% GPA of 4.0 or better</li>
<li>Top 50% GPA of 3.6 or better</li>
<li>Top 60% GPA of 3.4 or better
etc. </li>
</ol>
<p>As you can see, schools can make a good guess where you are.</p>
<p>True. I guess I don’t have to worry. I’m definitely in the top, but the whole thing is kind of frustrating, the way GPA’s and rank are set up.</p>
<p>My kids’ school profile does not given detailed percentage breakdowns per taxguy’s chart above. In fact, the school does not even calculate GPA - they leave that to the colleges. Nonetheless, I’m sure the colleges can figure out roughly where each student falls - from past experience with the school, and from other applicants that year.</p>
<p>taxguy:</p>
<p>our school profile has no such breakdown either. It only shows average SAT scores for past three years, and highest gpa achieved for last three years. But, even that is not very helpful to adcoms since the highest gpa includes senior grades. Since our HS curriculum essentially precludes any bonus point classes (UC-approved honors and AP) until Jr year, a senior schedule loaded with 5.0 classes can raise gpa significantly from Jr year.</p>