Posted on 05/29/2008 7:39:13 PM PDT by Lusis
Grapevine High School senior Anjali Datta holds the highest grade-point average of the 471 students graduating from Grapevine High School this year.
In fact, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD officials believe her GPA of 5.898 may be the highest in the high school's history.
It's still not enough to make her the valedictorian, which brings a one-year college scholarship from the state.
Her closest competitor's GPA is 5.64. No one disputes that she's the top student in her class numerically. The problem rests with another number entirely.
Anjali rocketed through high school in only three years.
But a school district policy states: "The valedictorian shall be the eligible student with the highest weighted grade-point average for four years of high school."
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these days, they take high achievement courses which actually give them a higher than 4.0 gpa. I guess it makes up for when minority students ace out white students, because the coleges lower white students gpa to allow for minority students to get prioritized.
This is exactly the same thing that happened to my daughter back in 74. She finished H.S. in three years and had the highest GPA, but had to settle for Salutatorian because she wasn’t “officially” a Senior. She won a scholarship anyway.
But she did complete 4 years of school. The fact it only took her three years does not change that.
I would argue she did complete 4 years of school. If you want to be strict about time, none of the students completed 4 years time wise since school only lasts 9 months. 4 years of school more appropriately defines the amount of class credits, not a time period.
That’s the edumacation system for you. :-)
Think you nailed it. Ole Tyler was like this colt cruising along to victory in the Derby when this 2-year old filly just wizzes past him to take the roses. Gotta find some rule to disqualify her!
The article states that the intent is to prevent an out-of-district student moving into a school and booting the current valedictorian out of his/her spot.
I have sat on a few college admissions committees over the years. Even 40 years ago we saw GPA’s above 4.0.
As has been pointed out in previous posts most schools base their GPA’s on a 4.0 scale. So one would be a B students with a 3.00 on a 4.0 scale. For reasons I never looked into some schools have GPA’s based on a 5.0 or even a 6.0 scale. So a straight A student would have a perfect 5.00 instead of a 6.00 GPA.
“So a straight A student would have a perfect 5.00 instead of a 6.00 GPA.”
Should read: So a straight A student would have a perfect 5.00 instead of a 4.00 GPA
Sorry for the error
School was fun back then.
She has a perfect ACT score, and will not be hurting for scholarships. I guess you have to go by the letter of the law on this one. Seems they’re conceding in the best way they know how by calling her Valedictorian-3 year, so all she’s missing out on is the 1 year scholarship.
My kid didn’t go to high school, just did dual credit at the local college during his high school years, so I’m not sure how high school GPAs are figured these days. But, back in my day, you could get 5 points for honor or AP classes if you scored an A. Therefore your grade point could be 5.0, I’m not sure how you score about a 5.0, they must have changed the grade points on AP or honors courses.
The 4-year high school in Texas dates back only to the 1930s when they added the year to keep kids out of the work-force. It is a little known fact that colleges in the state will take kids without even a high school diploma. Colleges rarely do this, however, because they are not set up to handle 16-year-olds. My daughter could have gone to school with her older brother, but she preferred to stay for the high school senior year for social reasons.
I only went for 3 1/2 years, no wonder I didn’t win.
I foresee a move back to the old academy which were popular in the late 19th Century. A six year institution with three years of “secondary” and three years of Teriary, leading to a degree at age 20. I knew a civil engineer who attended St. Edward’s Academy in Austin, Texas, and this is how he got into his profession. IAC. the absolute barrier between secondary and college education is now being broken down. Danke sei Gott.
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She completed four years of school but not four years in High school.
I believe the arguments as put forth by many were used by Al Gore during the 2000 election.
That is rules and laws do not apply to the smart people but only to the Dumbo working class.
Liberals feel rules are only for the chattering classes.
“With a GPA like that, she should be getting a full-time scholarship to many universities.”
I agree sir...But think about trying to explain that you had the highest GPA probably in your high school’s history and you didn’t make valedictorian or salutatarian...For your entrance essay in 5000 words or less you’d have to explain that you were not a felon, it was just the school rules....shades of Les Miserables.
My son earned his bachelors at 19, and he’s no genius. He did dual credit during high school, so graduated high school and earned his AA at the same time. Then 4 more terms at university to complete his major and earn his BA. Plus dual credit classes are tuition free at our state universities, so you can’t beat the price! He’s doing grad work now and will have his masters at 21. The system is in place, and now more and more students are taking advantage of the headstart they can get through dual credit or AP classes.
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It took me 5 years and 2 1/2 months to finish high school. This kid did it in 3.
I don’t know why I bother sometimes.
If you are looking at a 5.00 scale school and a 6.00 scale school, then a straight-A average at the 5.00 school would be 5.00 instead of 6.00 :-)
Cheers!
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