Recommendation Letter: the final position of a student in the class Suppose there are 25 students in a class, where two students scored 100/100, and four students scored 96/100, while the rest of the students scored below that. The question is: Should I mention the position of a student who scored 96/100 as &quot;3rd out of 25 students&quot;, or is there a more appropriate way?
The student was &quot;tied for third&quot; place out of 25. That would be the common way to express it in the US (and in most sports). The same would be true if everyone else in the class (but the two top) had 96 also.