Class rank: position within quartile?

[DAdams]

I apologize in advance since this has been done to death, but I was wondering when reporting class rank, is there any attention paid to students who are in the top of a quartile versus the bottom? I am at the very tippy top of the 2nd quartile, and I just wished there was some way of conveying that instead of simply "top half of class" on MSPE. Any thoughts?

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[DAdams]

Bump...

 

[VisionaryTics]

I think different schools do it differently. Some schools may explicitly state class rank.

I know ours uses covert language to convey quartile only. Examples:

"Exceptional" means top quartile.
"Outstanding" means second quartile.
"Proficient" is bottom two quartiles.

Ask your dean's office or whatever.

 

[TexasPhysician]

Class rank matters very little because a lot of medical schools don't even rank their students. Therefore, it makes it difficult to compare. I wouldn't worry about it at all. Just do the best you can and get good board scores.