<p>Myo-
Where did the OP state that the #1 ranking was announced? Don’t seem to see that anywhere, or have overlooked it. And even if it was (again, DK) we don’t know if there is any monetary award associated with it – lots of conjecture here.</p>
<p>** Found a post where OP said it gets “publicized” but who knows where/when/how, etc.</p>
<p>jym626 - <<at my="" school,="" being="" top="" ten="" gets="" publicized="">> #65
(I’m not defending OP, I found his/her story suspicious on a few levels from the get go - just giving you the post MYO was referring to)</at></p>
<p>Thanks, honeybee. Found that and edited my post after I did. But like you, the more I read the more my antennae go up. OP has been gone for a day or so…</p>
<p>** correction-- OP has been on line as recently as this morning but hasn’t posted for a day or so.</p>
<p>I’m not saying the post isn’t suspicious, just that harassment of students who do better than would be expected of them/than is considered appropriate by other students, is not uncommon. OP didn’t say the announcement made him a target nor did s/he say s/he would get a monetary reward for good grades, I was just giving examples of practices that exist in some high schools even if they’re not common a CC parents’ schools. Some posters here never encountered hostility or shunning due to academic achievement, others did. The fact OP claims s/he is being targeted does not make him/her a liar, it happens. In the same way, 1690 can be a decent score for a high, non weighted (ie fewer Honors/AP than others) #1 , especially depending on school districts.
(On another post, I pointed out that in the particular school district that post’s OP is in, a “good” grade is a C - 80% students don’t get one.)
All in all, the issue either resolved itself on Monday and OP has stopped freaking out over nothing (and didn’t bother coming back here to let us know) or the allegation was not as easy to disprove as we thought because it was true (and in that case OP is unlikely to return).</p>
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Has the OP shared where this reportedly occurred?</p>
<p>Okay, guys… </p>
<p>I’m getting tired of the talking about this. It’s being discussed everywhere. Idk, but nothing is concluded. </p>
<p>And like I said with the SAT scores, the highest SAT score in my class is 1860 & she’s #8 or #9. It’s really rare for my school to score a 2000+</p>
<p>As for AP scores, 3’s & 4’s are common but 5’s are really rare.</p>
<p>It’s been two years in a row, that the #1 at my school scores around a 1700s SAT.</p>
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<p>What do you mean “it’s being discussed ‘everywhere’,” and why did you post here if you didn’t want it to be discussed? 
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<p>Everywhere at school…</p>
<p>Not relevant for OP, but an example of what some people were discussing, found on the parents’ forum:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1563697-possible-admissions-sabotage-horace-mann.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1563697-possible-admissions-sabotage-horace-mann.html</a>
Unfortunately I can’t find UCBAlumnus’ article about how high achievers are margnalized or bullied in some schools. It’s a real phenomenom.
As for OP’s situation, it should have cleared up now. So, infer whatever you want. :)</p>
<p>Soooo… where did you say what district yo were in, OP???</p>
<p>^^ I don’t think the OP said. I doubt he/she would like to make it too easy for potential adcons to figure out who he/she is if he/she is truly in the midst of a cheating scandal.</p>
<p>Myo claimed in post#104 that he did. (see parentheses)</p>
<p><a href=“On%20another%20post,%20I%20pointed%20out%20that%20in%20the%20particular%20school%20district%20that%20post’s%20OP%20is%20in,%20a%20%22good%22%20grade%20is%20a%20C%20-%2080%%20students%20don’t%20get%20one.”>quote</a>
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<p>I think this poster is just referring to stats mentioned by the OP of his school district, but does not know which specific school district it is. That’s the way I read it.</p>
<p>where was that? if a good grade is a c, wouldnt that suggest rigor? On the other hand, if it refers to the students attitude towards school,then thats a different perspective.</p>
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<p>Or their academic level is exceedingly low if the high school’s academic program is designed for average students to do reasonably fine.</p>
<p>I referring to “that OP”, as in, the OP in the thread I was mentioning in the sentence as an example of how “high performing” is relative, especially considering the self selected group on CC. FWIW the district I was mentioning is a very low performing school district where the average grade is a D (a large number of students still in school get F’s and a magnet school average CR+M+W would be below 1300, we’re not even talking about scores outside the magnet, so a 1700 would seem incredible.)
So, to reiterate: I was just tring to provide context. Not all schools are “typical cc student” schools. Few are, actually :)</p>
<p>The op in which thread? What thread are you referring to?</p>
<p>jym - same thread title on High School Life forum. Sorry I cannot copy and paste URL on my tv browser.</p>