How to use the application priority ranker
When several colleges are on the table at once, this page lets you put weights on the things you care about and read the list back in one order. Rate each entry from 0 to 100 on academic fit, admit chance and preference, then set a weight for each of the three, and you get a table sorted by weighted score. What the page does is score and sort; it draws no conclusion about which application is the better bet.
The weighted score multiplies each rating by its weight, adds them and divides by the total weight, so it always lands between 0 and 100. The band column looks only at admit chance: at or above your safety threshold it is a safety, at or below your reach threshold it is a reach, and anything between is a match. Both thresholds include their boundary, and the safety threshold must sit above the reach threshold. Scores equal to two decimals share a rank.
The order changes with the weights you choose. Push preference up and long shots rise; push it down and the safer choices rise. That is why the result is a way of writing your own priorities down as numbers, not a recommended application order. The page does not use published admit rates, yield data or last year's results, and the admit chance is a figure you estimate yourself.
Frequently asked questions
No. The tool only scores and sorts the numbers you entered. It draws no conclusion about which application is the better bet, and the order changes with the weights you choose.
Only by the two thresholds you enter. An admit chance at or above the safety threshold is a safety, at or below the reach threshold is a reach, and anything between is a match.
Schools whose scores match to two decimal places share the same rank, and a separate note tells you a tie occurred.