Yet I assume that another 99 , 9 % of players didn ' t move muchI can pretty much assume this simply because when I recallibrated I was pissed off . Just about every win did nothing . My first game was easy . The second one I was up by 100 MMR from the first . I stomped in 20 minutes . The third game I went down . After the easiest ranked game I ' ve ever played . Then I lost and went up . Then won three and nothing . ? ?? So yeah I just assume most people might not have moved much . <| sep |> All I can do is share my experience . Air force EOD 6 years , got out with my CCAF , went to community college in the area where I was stationed . Moved back home to California after a year , enrolled in a California community college for another year , and then transferred . I ended up with a near perfect GPA in CC , with some pretty minor extracurriculars . Applied as a physics major which gets sent to the college of letters and sciences and got admitted . Loved Cal , got a decent job . I would certainly focus on getting your GPA into top tier range , you really just want to make sure your essay is good , and even gets read . If you have a 3 . 3 at community college , nobody at a top tier university has time to read your bullshit .