<p>My son’a graduating class of about 700 has 26 valedictorians. The requirement was a 4.7 GPA and a minimum average of 4.5 AP score on a minimum of 4 tests. The majority of these kids have 7-10 AP classes. I guess I don’t care enough to argue one way or the other if it is right or wrong. I know my son worked his rear end off to end with a 4.5 and he took 9 AP’s. he is the “dumb” one in his group. (He is very well adjusted and we laugh about this). His high school has one of the few full IB programs in our area and tends to attract a very high achieving group. I guess I don’t have a problem honoring this group of high achievers who are so close in their stats that it is hard to narrow it down.</p>