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Exodejavu Posted 17 years ago
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[Urgent] X out of 100 students

Considering this situation
ftp://ftp.caltech.edu/pub/gradofc/recommendation.pdf

Estimated rank of applicant in the department of X is [number] out of 100 students.

Is it that the smaller the number is, the higher rank the applicant has?

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exodejavu Is it that the smaller the number is, the higher rank the applicant has? I would certainly assume so. I wouldn't want to be ranked number 99 in a group of 100!

— CalifJim

  • exodejavu Is it that the smaller the number is, the higher rank the applicant has?
  • I would certainly assume so.
  • I wouldn't want to be ranked number 99 in a group of 100!
  • (This differs from percentiles, which work in the reverse direction.
  • It's good to be in the 99th percentile.
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exodejavuIs it that the smaller the number is, the higher rank the applicant has?
I would certainly assume so. I wouldn't want to be ranked number 99 in a group of 100!

(This differs from percentiles, which work in the reverse direction. It's good to be in the 99th percentile. It means you did better than 99% of those who participated. Check to mak
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Hi, CJ,

How about this?

Gordon & Rees is proud to announce that the firm has received a ranking of 95 out of 100 on the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
Quoted from http://www.gordonrees.
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Odd case. I think they meant that they scored well on 95% of the factors being considered. But to me the term rank implies low numbers are good. To rank first is to be better than anyone else evaluated.

CJ
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