Co-Valedictorians a stupid idea.

Bri
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:19:36 +0000

Globalist, my school does rank by weighted GPA. For example, if someone takes 5 AP classes in a year, their GPA is obviously 5 (my school counts AP and honors as 5 points instead of 4) . However, if someone takes those same 5 AP classes, plus another non-AP class such as band, their GPA will be less: (5x5 + 4)/6= 4.83. So the person who took the lesser amount of classes gets a higher GPA because of that. Thats the case in my school, and I think it is a bit unfair.

I agree with mattistotle’s idea if schools would only use the 5 major subjects weighted when doing class rank, and exclude electives, gym, etc.