“Frankly, this “recognition” does not go further than HS”
Which high school recognition does? - I do not understand your question, Dad0524.
I was saying that HS where there are still efforts to label some students Val’s / Sal’s / Assign the rank, simply wasting their time. Colleges do not care about this labels, they figure out applicant rank based on applicant’s HS GPA and HS class profile. Many (all?) even strip the weighted GPAs and re-calculate them also. So, what is the point of assigning these labels? If a kid had all As in HS and took the most rigorous classes available, the kid knows that her application will be in great shape. If a kid also manage to have a normal life, pursued many personal interests and , then what else is needed? The Val., Sal., labels will have no impact on the college application and that is why many HS’s simply dropped them, and do not even rank students and do not even calculate weighted GPAs.