Research

http://www.eastside-online.org/opinions/class-rank/

 Karly Bader of Cherry Hill High School East states that class rank is "essentially a mathematical summary of a student’s academic record as compared to the mathematical summary of the other students in his or her class", giving class rank a stoic, inhuman quality. Bader voices the injustice of class rank in an elite high school, stating that intelligent students would flourish in other schools but are rank lower than necessary due to the harsh competition. Therefore, those students do not have equal opportunity to be admitted to certain universities due to their lower class rank. In addition, Bader advocates, "this school would essentially have to create two ranking systems—one based on academics and the other based on extracurriculars" due to a large demographic of students choosing to excel in arts or sports rather than traditionally academics. School admissions would take a more holistic approach towards ranking students, as they are excelling in a variety of parameters. Baders calls universities to consider that "no student can be represented by a single number since student dynamics extend beyond the classroom onto the field and stage". Universities should stop doing what's convenient for them and actually start looking at students holistically.