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Sensing that the already competitive college admissions process was only getting worse, students in Sacramento, California, decided to channel their anxiety and rage into creating a new musical called Ranked. In an uncanny case of art anticipating life, the musical was in the works weeks before Rick Singer and the "Varsity Blues" scandal made headlines in 2019, and the play's apt timing and subject matter speak to a culture where many students feel driven to succeed at any cost.

My So-Called High School Rank goes deep into the lives of high school students in three radically disparate communities as they navigate the pressures around college while staging a musical, until seismic events upend their dreams and expectations. Every student and parent who has been through this trial by fire—or is nervously anticipating it—will relate to the self-doubt and pride, cynicism and hope expressed by the young people in this film. 

A discussion with the directors follows the screening

D: Ricki Stern '87 & Annie Sundberg '90

Part of the Dartmouth Alumnae Film Series

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