How to use the cutoff rank calculator
On a rank-ordered selection list, what decides the outcome is not your score but your rank. With 50 openings, rank 50 is selected and rank 51 is not. Enter the size of the field, the number of openings and your own rank, and this calculator gives the cutoff rank, whether your rank is inside it, and how many ranks you have to spare or fall short by. Add a waitlist size and it works out the cutoff rank including the waitlist too.
The rule applied is "ranks 1 through the number of openings are selected". With 50 openings, rank 50 is included, not excluded. Reading it as "better than rank 50" would stop at 49 and shift the line by exactly one person, so this calculator treats a rank equal to the cutoff as inside and repeats that in a note when it happens.
Your percentile from the top is your rank divided by the size of the field, and the cutoff percentile is the number of openings divided by the size of the field. Comparing the two tells you in percentage terms how far in front of or behind the line you sit. If there are at least as many openings as candidates, the calculator says outright that the whole field is inside.
Being inside the cutoff here assumes your current rank holds. If rounds remain, or an interview or performance test still counts, the order will move. The calculator also does not convert a score into a rank, so take the rank from your official results notice.
Frequently asked questions
Rank 50 is selected, because selection runs through rank 50. This calculator treats a rank equal to the cutoff as inside.
It adds a row with the cutoff rank including the waitlist, and a rank inside that range is reported as waitlist range.
No. Converting a score into a rank is not supported, so enter the rank shown on your results notice.