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Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:18 pm
by thrillerjesus
My school gave out 1L class rank recently, and apparently their policy is to only give out the official rank in decile. I'm top 10%. I spoke to the registrar's office, and they said that their policy is that if you're top 10% they will unofficially tell you if you are top 5% or not. I'm top 5%. However, they refuse to break it down further than that.
Is there any artful way to let prospective summer employers, or transfer targets, know that I'm actually at least top 5%, without sounding like a dick?
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:39 pm
by vamedic03
thrillerjesus wrote:My school gave out 1L class rank recently, and apparently their policy is to only give out the official rank in decile. I'm top 10%. I spoke to the registrar's office, and they said that their policy is that if you're top 10% they will unofficially tell you if you are top 5% or not. I'm top 5%. However, they refuse to break it down further than that.
Is there any artful way to let prospective summer employers, or transfer targets, know that I'm actually at least top 5%, without sounding like a dick?
No.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:42 pm
by Cupidity
If ur CDO finds out you gave out unauthorized statistics, you will be in a lot of trouble.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:45 pm
by 2011Law
vamedic03 wrote:thrillerjesus wrote:My school gave out 1L class rank recently, and apparently their policy is to only give out the official rank in decile. I'm top 10%. I spoke to the registrar's office, and they said that their policy is that if you're top 10% they will unofficially tell you if you are top 5% or not. I'm top 5%. However, they refuse to break it down further than that.
Is there any artful way to let prospective summer employers, or transfer targets, know that I'm actually at least top 5%, without sounding like a dick?
No.
Kinda sucks that the school doesn't give out the actual rank if you're in the top part of the class. I'd understand why they might do that for the bottom 1/3 or so though.
Anyway, I'm only a 0L, but I'd imagine that you should only say you're in the top % that the school will confirm for employers.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:58 pm
by Unitas
Cupidity wrote:If ur CDO finds out you gave out unauthorized statistics, you will be in a lot of trouble.
I'm just curious, how would you be in a lot of trouble? What could they possibly do.. They gave you the information knowing full well you wanted it for employment issues.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:05 pm
by thrillerjesus
Cupidity wrote:If ur CDO finds out you gave out unauthorized statistics, you will be in a lot of trouble.
The unofficial rank was actually disseminated in an email, so I do have it in writing. Could you elaborate on what kind of trouble I could find myself in if I use it? I wasn't aware that that could be an issue.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:28 am
by Anonymous User
thrillerjesus wrote:Cupidity wrote:If ur CDO finds out you gave out unauthorized statistics, you will be in a lot of trouble.
The unofficial rank was actually disseminated in an email, so I do have it in writing. Could you elaborate on what kind of trouble I could find myself in if I use it? I wasn't aware that that could be an issue.
It won't be a problem. I've used unofficial rank before, only when confirmed by my CDO. The quoted poster is incorrect that this is 'unauthorized' — it _was_ authorized.
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:30 am
by ggocat
If your school doesn't prohibit you from doing so, you can give out a rank range. It is more appropriate to give out the cutoff GPA.
E.g., if you have a 3.8 and the top 5% is 3.70, I would say "GPA: 3.8/4.0 (top 5% = 3.70)"
If you don't have the GPA cutoff for top 5%, then I would say "GPA: 3.8/4.0 (top 1-5%)"
Re: Class Rank question
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:52 am
by de5igual
Anonymous User wrote:thrillerjesus wrote:Cupidity wrote:If ur CDO finds out you gave out unauthorized statistics, you will be in a lot of trouble.
The unofficial rank was actually disseminated in an email, so I do have it in writing. Could you elaborate on what kind of trouble I could find myself in if I use it? I wasn't aware that that could be an issue.
It won't be a problem. I've used unofficial rank before, only when confirmed by my CDO. The quoted poster is incorrect that this is 'unauthorized' — it _was_ authorized.
it seems based on the OP that the 5% was probably authorized, but implying that it's "at least" 5% probably isn't. What can they do? Ban you from interviews for a certain period of time.