one test may have just lost me my Valedictorian spot

<p>Today I had Part 2 of my AP Calculus final, and I found out that I already got 10 wrong from Part 1! If I get just a couple more wrong on Part 2, my Final Test grade will drop down to a B, and I will lose my Valedictorian spot. If I get a B+ I think I am still okay, because I have an A for both 1st and 2nd Quarter, and at my school only the Semester Grade is calculated into GPA (40% QT1, 40% QT2, 20% Final Test). But I am almost certain that I got too many wrong, and I'm so upset! I know that being ranked number 1 isn't everything, and I really don't care about the title... it's just the fact that for 3 whole years I managed to maintain a perfect 4.0 unweighted GPA, and now today, SENIOR YEAR, one test may have ruined it! I'm really disappointed, and I won't know for sure until Tuesday, so it's ruining my whole weekend. You all probably think I am pathetic... like "why are you crying about this? being ranked number 2 isn't any worse than being ranked number 1"... but I can't help kicking myself over it. My goal was never to be Valedictorian, so I never thought I would care if I lost my class rank. But now that it's gone I feel like I've disappointed myself and everyone else who's always said, "when you're up there giving your speech...blah blah blah." I hate that people always said that to me, because it made me feel like I had to live up to it whether or not it was actually important to me... and then it got so ingrained that it actually became important to me! I don't know how to handle this.</p>

<p>Well, if you've made it to the end of this, thank you for reading. Does anyone have any advice/personal experiences/words of wisdom? Thanks!</p>

<p>allie, people expected me to be valedictorian of my HS starting in sixth grade...i'm not, i'm salutatorian. because someone entered my HS from a private middle school with advanced courses that my public middle school would not allow me to take.</p>

<p>i know; it sucks. but you owe those people nothing. anything you do, you should do for yourself. you didn't live up to their expectations. so what? why should you? you only need to live up to your expectations. if you didn't care about it before, why should you care now?</p>

<p>besides, why did you have a 4.0 GPA? I'm assuming it's because you sincerely cared about the classes and about learning. I hope so. If it wasn't, well, now's a good time to realize that it should be. if you realized it before, well, now's a good time to remember it. That hasn't changed! And that's what is truly important. So focus on that.</p>

<p>Also, nothing you can do now. Why spend all weekend worrying? What's that going to do for you? Heck, why be upset at all? Not going to change the grade. Go out with your friends and have some fun instead. Oh, and eat some chocolate. It helps.</p>

<p>Hope this helps...;)</p>

<p>work hard but dont stress yourself. relax. dont worry. things will turn out fine. :) just do your best without worrying about your rank and before you know you will be back at number 1. :)</p>

<p>alternative.
just drug the present number 1...before the test. :D</p>

<p>Calm down. The valedictorian at my school got the #1 spot because he took IB Art junior year; I took band (all our other classes 9-12 were the exact same). He ended up valedictorian, and I ended up salutatorian. It was especially annoying because I had a higher unweighted GPA. Where are we now? We're both at Duke having the time of our lives. It may not seem like it to you now, but trust me- it really won't mattter in a year or two. :)</p>

<p>thanks for the reassurances everyone. it really does help! i know next year I will probably not care anymore because I will be having a blast at some awesome college! In the meantime it sucks, but I'm going to try not to let it stress me out too much, since there is still a possibility that I will be pleasantly shocked when I see my scores on Tuesday (though I don't want to get my hopes up). I'm going to visit my sister at college for the long weekend, and I have a college interview there on Monday, so I'm not going to let myself think about it... too much, lol... if possible.</p>

<p>a<em>ravin</em>hurt... haha, drug the current number 1 :) ... too bad he's a good friend of mine though, lol. Actually we are tied right now. My school doesn't weight any classes, so you basically have to get an unweighted 4.0 to be number 1, and so far we both have straight As, as well as one other kid.</p>

<p>please.</p>

<p>there's no need to worry.</p>

<p>you know why?</p>

<p>it doesn't matter.</p>

<p>yup.</p>

<p>you'd better believe it.</p>

<p>I'd be more concerned about the bad grade in Calc rather than the overall class rank.</p>

<p>don't worry, harvard won't auto-deny you now.</p>

<p>warblersrule86: What weighed gpa did he have?</p>

<p>Cumulative or that year? He had a 6.0 that year (on a 6.0 scale); I had a 5.87. Cumulative, I had ~5.25 and we were 0.0125 apart (I think), so he had ~5.26?</p>