<p>In my school anyone can apply...
then some teachers choose several candidates among them
among those candidates the graduating class votes for who will become valadictorian.</p>
<p>How does other schools do it?</p>
<p>People who can spell valedictorian right qualify! All others can’t.
hahahaha!! jkjkjkjkjk
we don’t have valedictorians! seniors submit grad speeches and a few are chosen.</p>
<p>We don’t have them either. Same process as for bluenotebook–people can audition with speeches, and then one historian and one salutatorian are chosen. We do have an award for both the girl and boy with highest GPAs, however.</p>
<p>As of this year, everyone with a 4.0 UW GPA is called a valedictorian. This means that we’re going to have around 15 vals this year, though. They’re changing to a weighted system pretty soon, so that will cut down the number.</p>
<p>Valedictorian(s)=Highest weighted GPA from grades 9-12
Salutatorian(s)=Second-highest weighted GPA from grades 9-12</p>
<p>straight a’s and who took the most ap’s. act/sat scores are not considered. there isn’t a speech contest either. there can only be one at my school, and if there needs to be a selection, the teachers vote. you can still be rank 1/345 but you won’t have the title of vally. idk if that makes sense, hah some schools are way more complicated.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t specifically name valedictorian, but we rank by weighted gpa. What’s considered ‘important’ is top 10, because the top 10 make a speech at graduation</p>
<p>Haha we’re not even ranked! I go to a really weird school, I suppose…</p>
<p>The valedictorian isn’t formally recognized, but gets to carry a torch and receive their diploma first.</p>
<p>Pretty lame.</p>
<p>Weird schools. We’re ranked and by the end of the 1st semester of senior year it is decided. I believe this year our valedictorian was a 4.59 which beat out my 11th ranked 4.321</p>
<p>Whoever can make the best case using the Latin roots to justify why it should be them is the winner.</p>
<p>But that would make it amusing enough to actually be worth caring about.</p>
<p>We take the top 1% of the graduating class (based on a weighted GPA). So this year we had 3 valedictorians out of a class of 327.</p>
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Ouch. Did the other .27 feel slighted?</p>
<p>highest gpa, thats all lol. although my school is getting rid of the ranking system next year…</p>
<p>We don’t recognize a valedictorian as our school is so small and the competition/fallout would be horrific. Instead a senior speaker is chosen based on votes after we listen to speeches from all candidates</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have a valedictorian (we pick three people to give speeches), but if we did, [an</a> inspiring one](<a href=“Booker T. Washington High grad Deonte Bridges' Valedictorian speech - YouTube”>Booker T. Washington High grad Deonte Bridges' Valedictorian speech - YouTube) would be nice.</p>
<p>My school does it based on an individual student’s GPA throughout the semesters starting with freshman year. If a student has maintained a 4.0 throughout all semesters then they are considered valedictorian (there’s no limit on how many students can get it)</p>
<p>Anyone with a scholastic GPA of 4.65+ is a valedictorian. Points are additive - +.02 for an A each semester of an Honors/AP class and +.01 for a B each semester of an Honors/AP class.</p>
<p>The valedictorian is the person with the highest weighted GPA (AP and IB courses are weighted) over 9th thru 12th grades. In addition to that, the valedictorian must jump through some bureaucratic hoops: qualifying for high honors, meeting eligibility requirements for a state-wide lottery scholarship, etc.</p>