<p>how would college see that? 1650</p>
<p>They will probably see your school as extremely subpar and a grade inflator.</p>
<p>If a valedictorian of a large high school (400+ in the class) has an SAT score below, say, 2100, it would probably devalue the meaning of such a rank. 1650 is a whole different story.</p>
<p>1650 makes me question the abilities of the valedictorian.</p>
<p>My valedictorian has a SAT score of 1850 when *superscoring<a href=“first%20shot%20=%201550”>/I</a>. However, my high school isn’t that huge (graduating class of 255), and those ranked lower took significantly harder classes that received no curve. Colleges would not view this favorably, and if the individual became valedictorian solely by taking easier courses, then this would devalue the transcript considerably.</p>
<p>A public school Val with only a 1650 would mean your school is rlly easy.</p>
<p>^Not so. It would mean that the valedictorian might have played the system to achieve his or her rank. That’s what happened in my school.</p>
<p>^ My school doesnt rank so I’m not too familiar with these situations. lol</p>
<p>^If you’re not too familiar with such situations, then why pronounce a judgment on what this particular case’s implications are?</p>
<p>hahaha because you can “play the system” to that extent? I find that extremely far fetched.</p>
<p>Some schools calculate rank by averaging all of your Semester Grades</p>
<p>If someone took all regular classes, it would be much easier to become valedictorian in such a scenario</p>
<p>@olleger: It can and does happen, with careful course selection. A nearly analogous situation occurred in my school. I took a schedule loaded with difficult electives that received no curve; my valedictorian took the bare minimum. That, in addition to her lack of participation in extracurricular activities, allowed her to work nonstop on assignments for the very few classes she had. Though my grades in all the classes we took together were significantly higher, my elective grades - which did not benefit from the AP curve - dragged down my GPA considerably. She played the system and, in one sense, won.</p>
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<p>I would imagine that this is how it is calculated in most schools.</p>
<p>I think it depends on how your school has performed in the past. For example, if your valedictorian and top 5% or so regularly has 2100/2200+ and you’re just the anomaly, it shouldn’t be bad especially if you have a tough courseload. However if you AND the salutatorian adn the salutatorians in the past have had such low scores your school probably has some funky grade deflation going on. It would also be a bit strange if you had an easy courseload AND that 1650.</p>
<p>Either the valedictorian took pathetic classes or the school sucks in general.</p>
<p>^Yup. </p>
<p>10 char.</p>
<p>Ehh. If I wasn’t Val, the runner-up would have been, and she has about an 1850. Though the score is low, she is remarkably smart. She does very well on challenging tests in AP Bio, AP Calculus, AP English Lit, etc., and earns her grades through hard work. She’s hardly dull, but though she’s taken the SAT twice and ACT thrice, she hasn’t done that well. So I don’t know what’s up with that. No one from my high school seems to do very well on the SAT, and our class sizes are around 350 at the least. Maybe one student every 3-4 years can manage 2100+ …</p>
<p>My international school’s val-to-be got 1st in the country for British leaving examinations, but got 1700 on the SAT :P</p>
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<p>either the WHOLE ENTIRE class was incredibly stupid or there was no competion, it is highly unlikey for anyone to take just regular classes and be val. even if they made straight As in them becuase schools(the ones that know of. tell me differently if schools don’t do this.) calculuate rank by weighted gpa. that means you have to take ap and honors classes to get to val.</p>
<p>I’m the valedictorian of a class of ~550 so far, and my SAT score is an 1860. How? Hard work.</p>
<p>At my school, I’m second in my sophomore class and my SAT score is 2350. That said, the #1 got an 1880. No one I know who took the May test got within 200 points of me, sophomore or junior. She’ll do better, no doubt, but I think we as CC’ers overestimate valedictorians a bit.</p>
<p>My school isn’t trash either… We have 1 or 2 kids accepted to Harvard each year.</p>