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How difficult is it to do rankings when you got every ones grades? Can't a computer do it? All you need to do is count backwards from 4.0 and you got your rankings. My last exam was on May 14, 2010. Its been over a month and they told me today the rankings wont be out until next week. The transfer applications are due on the first of July for some of the schools I want to transfer to. Is anyone else having this same issue?

Same deal over here, my class rank will not be calculated to mid july. So, I have contacted my potential transfer schools to inform them of the delay and am making sure to have everything else submitted early.

While it is frustrating, I am sure schools that take a lot of transfers are used to dealing with some delays.

Same issues here...its all a huge conspiracy by the schools to thwart the transfer efforts of their students!

same issue here. can't you look at last semester's cut-offs and make an educated guess? or does your school not report cut-offs after fall semester?

like at least some others in this forum, i'm hoping the T10% cut-off takes a nose dive (wishful thinking, ik)

btw our exams ended over a month ago and one professor has yet to submit his grades. this apparently overworked professor is preventing our entire class from timely receiving ranks

I'm hoping they take a dive as well. This is historically what happens but I don't feel good assuring myself on what happened in previous years

wiscohopeful wrote:I'm hoping they take a dive as well. This is historically what happens but I don't feel good assuring myself on what happened in previous years

I wish i had such data on my school to extrapolate from! Do you think it's normal for the cut-offs (particularly T10%) to decrease after spring semester? My intuition is that any movement is almost entirely random; but, here's to hoping there's some statistical theory (or other issue) i'm ignoring that flies in the face of my intuition...

FWIW, the top 10% GPA decreased by .02. we have a tight curve at my school so that was actually a pretty significant amount (at least for people on the cusp)

4.0-3.56 - 5%
3.39- 3.26- 10%
3.25- 3.04 - 15%
3.00-2.94 - 20%
2.93-2.84 - 25%
2.82-2.76 - 30%
2.75-2.68 - 35%
2.65-2.58 - 40%
2.57-2.54 - 45%
2.53-2.46 - 50%
2.45- Lower -50%

This was 2008s version of gpa and the rank a student received. This year I was informed only 40 people received over a 3.0 (we have a C curve at my law school). So it looks like we took a 1% dive too.

anyone get their ranking yet for this cycle?

Our's finally got posted! Top 10% and law review baby

wisc, what is your school's curve, and what is your gpa to hit top 10 if you dont mind me asking...im dying here waiting for rank, not sure what %s look like on a B curve

at least they tell you your rank

LLKOOLK1 wrote:wisc, what is your school's curve, and what is your gpa to hit top 10 if you dont mind me asking...im dying here waiting for rank, not sure what %s look like on a B curve

We have a B curve and top 10% was a 3.643. They only break it down by 5% for us so the top 5% was a 3.750 and 15% was 3.482. I don't know how much that helps you though, especially because this year for us was very high for a 10% GPA. Historically it was around a 3.57 for top 10%.

Good luck to the rest of you...I wish schools didn't take so long to get their numbers out.

wiscohopeful wrote:

LLKOOLK1 wrote:wisc, what is your school's curve, and what is your gpa to hit top 10 if you dont mind me asking...im dying here waiting for rank, not sure what %s look like on a B curve

We have a B curve and top 10% was a 3.643. They only break it down by 5% for us so the top 5% was a 3.750 and 15% was 3.482. I don't know how much that helps you though, especially because this year for us was very high for a 10% GPA. Historically it was around a 3.57 for top 10%.

Good luck to the rest of you...I wish schools didn't take so long to get their numbers out.

Ughh, its gonna be close for me. 3.747, top 5% get academic leadership scholarships...i guess at this point I just have to wait it out.