Anyone who got rank after surrendering exemption

ashima (ca final) (56 Points)

22 March 2015  
One of my friend has surrendered his exemption for ca final may 2015 because he is aiming for rank.Now he is worried because some of his friends told him that icai will never give rank to such student who has surrendered his exemption...so guys plz share if anyone of u got rank after surrendering exemption so that he can get a sigh of relief.TIA