<p>The way to figure out who has the top GPA in a class is to see who is selected PBK as a junior/3rd year. They can only select a small fraction of the total PBK as juniors, so, since PBK is mostly GPA driven, the ones at the very top get a nod the end of 3rd year. If they also are selected for student marshall, you can surmise that the U is grooming them for top fellowships and scholarships. This all gets published in the U’s Chronicle each year and posted on the web, in June I think, so it is not hard to see who the “stars” are. Here’s the list for 07, which mixes in all years, but it is not hard to figure out who is who. [Graduate</a> Honors](<a href=“http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/070607/undergradawardlist.shtml]Graduate”>Graduate Honors)</p>