My judge would go with top 5-10% across the board, then have his secretary cull it down from there. Larger for a handful of the top schools. You can sort by rank. And he'd exempt some of the top 25-ish schools if they didn't rank and have his secretary cull through the GPAs for the top ones.

Then he'd glance at them, about 10 seconds each, and stack them into piles: A, A-, B+, B, B-, garbage, etc., and that was his rough priority for each of them. He'd start with the A's, closest look, hand them to his clerks. And then if they needed to, they'd dip into the A-'s.

But that's him. Some judges pick certain schools. Some prefer different ranks for different schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1418442&forum_id=2#16010818)

But it can vary widely. You're better off with your local judge than a broad application. That's how most low-ranked students get in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1418442&forum_id=2#16011656)

I've seen COA work out regularly for people with these credentials at the local Tier 1. It can even happen at a "true TTT," but rarely... even for #1/LR EIC.

Below that, D. Ct. is a decent possibility for the top 10-20 students at the local school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1418442&forum_id=2#16011868)

I know of one district court clerk who was #1 at a true TTT, and who was an acceptable clerk. There are probably more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1418442&forum_id=2#16030883)