If an straight A's is 4.0, then how is a 5.898 even possible.
Honors Courses. They result in higher grade points.
That’s my question. Just what the hell does 4.0 mean?
I have the same question... I know that when I was in high school an undisclosed time back... You could take “Advanced” classes that were weighted. That meant that on a 4pt. scale, an “A” was weighted as 5pts, a “B” at 4 pts, and so on.
But your guess is as good as mine how you could get over a 5 pt.
It doesn’t really matter in the end. She knows her GPA and universities have certainly been clamoring for her with scholarships... So the school district isn’t used to this type of situation, big deal. SHE won’t suffer from it unless everyone tells her that she’s going to. All the Ivy League schools will have already gone for her even without the title of Valedictorian.
When I graduated high school, the 2 top spots were given to 2 girls who were vocational school students and people were upset for the students who were in college prep classes but they went to the schools of their choice anyway. And I don’t remember anyone being nasty to the 2 who got the titles. We just got on with it.
Sometimes, people make a fuss over things that, well, OK, might seem unfair, but the consequences aren’t devastating to anyone involved.
No one said life was fair.
It wasn't fair that not enough people were getting 4.0.
New Math.