At foreign universities, what matters are grades, test scores and class rankings.

Also, people actively switch to Southern in an attempt at a higher class ranking, due to the small size of the original student body population.

To access these gates, the player needs to defeat a certain class ranking.

And college application forms for admissions ask students to enter their class rankings.

Based on the number of recognition points the warrior has they fall into a class ranking.

But something is missing from many applications: a class ranking, once a major component in admissions decisions.

For some, the decline of class rankings represents an opportunity.

As of April, she said, the students' class rankings did not conform to the grade averages on their transcripts.

Moreover, class ranking is not as important to college admissions officers today as it was even a decade ago.

There were no class rankings, but George never made honor roll even one term, unlike 110 boys in his class.