Would this A hurt me or help me?

looseseal
Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:49:08 +0000

I have the same problem as you! I have no chance at being my school’s valedictorian because I took four years of band (and band summer school, which we get credit for), three years of Academic Decathlon (and Acadec summer school), and two community college courses. Even though I’ve maintained a 4.0 in more classes than anyone else (also most rigorous courseload available + going out of my way to get harder classes), I also took so many electives that my weighted gpa went down compared to the lazy students who did nothing. It’s what you get for liking to do too many things in high school. At first it bothered me, but what can you do? I wouldn’t give up my hard-earned grades if I were you. I just accepted the fact that I’m not going to be ranked number one, but I’ll still be in the top 2%.