<p>Oh wow~ Well have fun, and learn a lot. The SVSM program is really good and a great opportunity, you’ll have a great time. Tell us all about when you get back! Good Luck :)</p>
<p>I will! Thank you @FantasyVesperia! Time to learn college level Biology for 5 hours a day :D</p>
<p>Lol, there’s next to no competition for valedictorian. This year’s took a grand total of 3 AP classes her entire HS career (that’s a pretty large amount compared to previous years’). There was a tie for salutatorian - one of which didn’t take any AP classes at all. Keep in mind our school does not have honors or advanced classes outside of AP - all non-AP classes you take are regular-level.</p>
<p>@enfield, I think you hit it on the nail.</p>
<p>The two don’t coincide, unless you’re really, really lucky. It’s really quite unfortunate. However, I think I understand my situation better now and I will make the most of it so I get the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>Our education system is so so silly and tiring. I hope it’s not the same at college 
. This admissions process is so goddamn irritating. You don’t get to be who you really are.</p>
<p>If we don’t get to even do legit work as undergrads, I’m going to apply to caltech and pray that I get in so I have a chance to do legit research there. My only problem is I don’t know if I can stomach that much physics D: .</p>
<p>My school has class rank, a val, and a sal but doesn’t tell us what our rank is. We have two APs… calc and lit/comp, plus about 5 or 6 college level classes so there is definitely competition but we dont take the weighted classes to bump ourselves up, we do it because we want to</p>
<p>My school has class rank, a salutorian, and a valedictorian. There is some competition, but not a lot. We have almost 600 rising juniors, but the #1 guy isn’t tied with anyone else.</p>
<p>^ Wow~ That’s a lot of Juniors.</p>
<p>We have a lot of rising juniors as well. A little over 750. The kids in general are very competitive, especially in the top 100. It’s so crazy that people take 7+ APs to get a better rank.</p>
<p>My high school has a class ranking system but becoming valedictorian is pretty simple compared with other schools. All you need is at least a 3.5 gpa and to get voted in by your graduating class. I know quite a few students who had perfect grades and excellent extracurricular activities that didn’t get in because they weren’t “popular enough”. There’s also usually about 7 valedictorians too that just take turns giving their speech. </p>
<p>Which is one of the reasons I don’t care much about my class ranking anymore.</p>
<p>^That doesn’t seem fair… I’d be ****ed if I didn’t get Val because I wasn’t popular enough!</p>
<p>Your guys’ class sizes are huge compared to mine. My class has roughly 60 kids. Granted the school serves 3 communities with populations totalling under 5000. My entire school (kindergarten through 12th grade) has roughly 850 kids…</p>
<p>We have like 150 in the freshman class and that usually goes down to 140 when people graduate (people get kicked out and transfer to other schools that are not magnet schools). So we are larger then your school, but smaller then most.</p>
<p>Wow. This thread has really grown! I’ve been so busy meeting some of my classmates on Facebook and Twitter that I totally neglected this site. I need to start getting on here more…</p>
<p>Lol, long time no see 
How are you?</p>
<p>I’m fine @FantasyVesperia. I’ve been tired doing part time paid work and the required summer service commitment for NCSSM. I just came back from vacation and I have to start packing to go to a leadership program soon. The life of a busy transfer student.</p>
<p>Wow, busy life lol. I’m sitting on my butt studying for AP Chem and going over a report for a biopsy for a dog from last week…</p>
<p>AP scores came out in my area but I have yet to see mine since I’m currently not home (damn the suspense). Anyone else get theirs?</p>
<p>I didn’t take any AP classes Sophomore year.</p>
<p>Got a 4 on APWH. </p>
<p>Not even mad, lol. I’m actually pretty surprised because I was worried I would get a 3 or so - our APWH teacher was a complete beast but he ended up having to leave halfway throughout the year for personal reasons. Not to mention I didn’t even study until the day before the exam, heh.</p>
<p>Hey guys.
I am so not ready for the hell that is junior year…</p>