<p>The valedictorians at my school tend to have perfect weighted and unweighted gpas. If you skip one honors/Ap, you’re essentially disqualified. As a freshman, I didn’t apply myself as I should’ve, so me filling out my schedule in the middle of 8th kept me out of the running for valedictorian. Rather frustrating.</p>
<p>“is being a valedictorian really beneficial ?”</p>
<p>Doesn’t hurt. At Wliiams, 54 percent of admitted freshman are valedictorians or salutatorians.</p>