High School Valedictorian in Fresno Facing Deportation

[Niels Bohr 72]

Haven't any of you heard of GPAs that are over 4.0? That's cos the kid was in honor courses.

My cumulative when I graduated was over 4.0 because I was on a 5 point scale cos of being in the AP program

Technically, the Honors GPA is weighted on a 5.4 grade scale not a 5.0.

AP has the weight of 5.4 and so as honors.

Regular college prep is weighted on 4.0. I hope you realized it, that's why I didn't bring that up.

[Mononoke28 135]

Valedictorian?

Hmm...Honestly, I think school administrators looks at the numbers rather than the course subjects. Some students take on harder course than others while each course weighs the same as the other. For example, an A in algebra is not the same as an A in calculus. I don't believe in valedictorians, it's a way to get attention to people to support the school.

I almost made it to valedictorian in high school. The valedictorian took introductory honors courses, while I had the more in-depth honor courses, with AP attached. I got B and A in them, and she got all A in those intro courses. Because they weigh the same as the AP courses in GPA calculations, I didn't get recognized. Dam them!

The important thing is that it's all over now and nobody cares.

Diana

[Fandango 1,440]

Haven't any of you heard of GPAs that are over 4.0? That's cos the kid was in honor courses.

My cumulative when I graduated was over 4.0 because I was on a 5 point scale cos of being in the AP program

Technically, the Honors GPA is weighted on a 5.4 grade scale not a 5.0.

AP has the weight of 5.4 and so as honors.

Regular college prep is weighted on 4.0. I hope you realized it, that's why I didn't bring that up.

So if that's the case, your story about being passed up makes no sense!

[Krikit 1,165]

Agreed. It really isn't a big deal and NEITHER is being valedictorian. There are so many intelligent and bright kids out there who don't get to be valedictorian. Also, I know in Canada, at least through my school years, it is not solely based on your grade point average. We do not work on the GPA system any way, we work on percentages and letter grades. My high school valedictorian was not the top of our class but did a ton of extra curricular activities. Plus, she was a really sweet girl that we all liked and voted for. I knew I was not going to be valedictorian but it did not make me achieve any less. It wasn't even on my mind!

Any way, my point being, those things in life really do not matter. I hope they work out some arrangement with this kid. He sounds like a winner.

Oh. I got the impression that it matters because a full university scholarship went along with it.