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<p>Not always. </p>
<p>My HS social circle ranged from a salutatorian and several Westinghouse semi-finalists who maxed out APs/advanced university courses to slackers who barely graduated with a D-level GPA. I was closer to the slackers GPAwise myself. </p>
<p>That’s not to say there weren’t folks like the jerky contingent within the top quarter of our class who would segregate themselves on perceived GPA/academic achievement bona-fides. However, my social group didn’t care either way.</p>