<p>At my school you are val if you have all A’s throughout high school, and have taken atleast one AP class… so this year we had 8 vals. We don’t do sals…</p>
<p>In my school the person with the highest weighted gpa is val and the second highest is sal. At graduation val,sal, and class pres all give speeches. This year we had co-vals though because the val and sal’s gpas were very close and they were twins.</p>
<p>Usually one val. We use a weighted GPA that includes the 0.33 benefit of A+'s and the 0.33 deficit of A-'s. This way, it’s rare to see two people with the exact same GPA. A personal issue I have with this system is that it puts brilliant kids who want to pursue an unweighted class like Art, Ceramics, and Choir at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>We don’t have vals or sals. Sucks.</p>
<p>our senior class votes on valedictorian instead of it being the person with the highest GPA. generally it is someone that represents the class well or is a well rounded, average kid.</p>
<p>We had a valedictorian. Strangely enough, he was ranked #2. (Everyone thought he’d be #1, and he got a B at the last second–ouch!) </p>
<p>He got into Harvard to major in philosophy though :P</p>
<p>just laugh at it- valedictorian is no more than a label and from what you’ve said- it doesn’t seem like much recognition comes with the label anyway when there are so many.</p>