[1] Because many admissions officers were frustrated that many applications did not contain a rank, some colleges are using other information provided by high schools, in combination with a student's GPA to estimate a student's class rank.
Many colleges[weasel words] say that the absence of a class rank forces them to put more weight on standardized test scores.
Students in California who are in the top nine percent of their graduating class,[3] and students in Florida who are in the top twenty percent of their graduating class are guaranteed admission to some state school, but not necessarily any particular institution.
The University of Alaska system awards an $11,000 scholarship for four years to students in the top 10% of their graduating class at Alaskan high schools.
The top ten percent of students in Texas high schools are guaranteed admission to the state school[broken anchor] of their choice,[4] excluding the University of Texas, which only allocates 75% of its incoming freshman class seats to top 6% members.