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Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:29 pm
by futurelawyer413
I know the first step is to check with your CDO, but am looking for a TLS idea/consensus. fyi - I am making this percentile up, there is no way I have this lol
Class Rank - 21.8%
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:33 pm
by jeeptiger09
This is what I do (and this could be completely off base):
Class Rank: XX/XXX (Top XX%)
Say, hypothetically: 33/151, Top 22%--that way, employers can see your actual rank and do the math themselves if they want to be precise.
HTH
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:45 am
by Black-Blue
Top 22%
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:49 am
by kaiser
Nearest whole number that you are sure of, so you put top 22%
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:27 am
by futurelawyer413
thx for the responses thus far. would it be really that weird/awkward if top 21.8% is listed on the resume?
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:51 am
by Heartford
futurelawyer413 wrote:thx for the responses thus far. would it be really that weird/awkward if top 21.8% is listed on the resume?
Not really- It just makes you look like someone who thinks there is a significant difference between the numbers 21.8 and 22.0. In polite circles, this kind of person is sometimes described as a "savant".
Seriously though, unless you're maybe top 15% or below, I feel like the "XX/XXX" format looks nicer.
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:42 am
by traehekat
Likely irrelevant, but any thoughts on putting "XX/XXX (top X%)" versus "ranked X out of XXX students (top X%)"?
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:09 pm
by Kendi
Say top 21%. Round down!
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:11 pm
by Black-Blue
Kendi wrote:Say top 21%. Round down!
No, top 21.00000001% is still only top 22%.
Re: Listing (exact?) Class Percentile on resume
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:29 pm
by Heartford
Black-Blue wrote:Kendi wrote:Say top 21%. Round down!
No, top 21.00000001% is still only top 22%.
Uh oh, fifteen minutes till Judge Wapner.