<p>Our valedictorian (for my junior class) is a smart guy, and I’m good friends with him, but I and half a dozen others are much smarter than he. He has played the GPA game and taken all honors/AP classes, and as such he currently has more Bs than As this year but is still number one overall (as opposed to I and others who have straight As). On the other hand I’ve taken band and it’s brought my GPA down.</p>
<p>Overall it doesn’t bother me because I still have a high rank and I know that being valedictorian isn’t extremely important when it comes to college admissions. He’s a good guy, I just don’t like how the whole weighted thing works.</p>