<p>this is wrong on so many levels.
she graduates top of the senior class with a 5.898 GPA, perfect ACT scores, yet she gets denied valectdictorian AND a scholarship!</p>
<p>Them's the school rules. Many schools have that rule. It's not as though they made that rule to deny her.</p>
<p>The rules, at least in the article, seem quite clear and she didn't follow them, therefore, she is not valedictorian. Whether or not the rule is a good rule is up to debate, but she shouldn't be valedictorian if she doesn't meet the requirements for being valedictorian.</p>
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The valedictorian shall be the eligible student with the highest weighted grade-point average for four years of high school.
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She did four years of high school in a shorter amount of time. She is the valedictorian.
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Anjali says she's struggling to understand the move because the Texas Education Agency doesn't even mention the word "valedictorian" when defining eligibility for the college scholarship. </p>
<p>The state provides Texas high schools with an "Honor Graduate Certificate." The certificate is to be presented to the "highest ranking graduate" in the senior class, according to Texas Education Code.
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She is the highest ranking graduate because she has the highest weighted GPA. She should get the scholarship.</p>
<p>If this were my district's policy, I would not be valedictorian. I only had 3.75 years of high school (because I had to take a required course during a summer).</p>
<p>The person mentioned in the article has an extremely high GPA; therefore, she deserves the title. Having a .2 difference from the person ranked 2, does not constitute revoking her title. The big difference shows her hard work.</p>
<p>There's always controversy over the title valedictorian. That's why a high school in a city next to me has 15 valedictorians this year to avoid disputes.</p>
<p>i don't know what to say...but I can say my experience....2 years ago...there was a set of twins who came to our school....they attended the school for two years...and they were pronounced val and sal....is that fair??? thats disputable...</p>
<p>well, she doesn't seem to be the most well-rounded individual. In the interview, it appears difficult for her to get her words out. Either way, it's just a title. As for the scholarship, she probably could get money some other place with that perfect ACT score of hers. Kinda weird how she's going to UT when she could go to like Rice or some other top 20 school. After all, it's not like she lives in Austin, so this brings up the question of how one-dimensional her applications were. Either way, the situation is regrettable but there's no need to bring it up to the media. This reminds me of the Ghosh guy with perfect SAT and ACT scores, just deal with it privately and move on</p>
<p>there is another thread on this topic ... in that thread it was pointed out that this studetn had maxed out on tough courses but while graduating early probably took less classes overall ... so ... yes it's very impressive how well she did and that she front loaded her classes ... it's also likely because she finished early she had to take less unwieghted classes which makes her potential GPA higher than anyone who stays all four years. Essentially, if allowed, the best strategy to be named val would be to graduate as early as possible, take lots of high value courses, and eliminate the non-wieghted courses ... I can see a school having rules discouraging this approach for their val.</p>
<p>All schools have specific rules about how to determine the valedictorian. Many of those rules were in place for years and reflect the tradition of the school. Some schools are changing the rules after an incident occurs that show them a possibility of an injustice. But all rules have pockets of where you can be an exception. It is chaos to change each time that happens. There are just some situations where a student is not going to be valedictorian just because of the rules in place. The outrages often occur when EXCEPTION is made to the rule in place, or the rules are changed just in time to pull the title out from under someone. In this case, the young lady's school had this rule in place. If she wanted to be valedictorian, she had to pace herself differently. She is getting all sorts of other benefits by graduating a year early. Is she even going to her state school? If she is, I imagine they will give her a similar package to a val.</p>
<p>just to clarify, she is going to UT majoring in biomedical engineering. Btw, someone post that link for the other thread about this</p>
<p>I think she she deserved both val title and scholarship.</p>
<p>I think she deserves the scholarship, and the val title. </p>
<p>Though i can understand where her school could justify revoking the val title, but not the scholarship. If I was the #2 kid who gets to be val, which is weird because he's still going to show up as ranked 2nd, I wouldn't feel as good about the title which isn't really mine...</p>
<p>Yea that is bull... its not like she is cheating anyone out of a spot... she earned it, and did it in less time making her more eligible IMO...</p>
<p>So...rules should be changed after fact? No. They may can be changed for future students, but shouldn't be bent for this one. Four years is not three years. The district did the right thing by creating a new honor for her and sticking to their rules.</p>
<p>Sounds like the girl just wants a pity-party to me.</p>
<p>I mean, I commend her for what she did...but she doesn't meet the requirements. It says in four years of high school, and the girl has only done three. Yes, she did the same thing in a shorter amount of time, but again, the rules are clearly stated.</p>
<p>I can't believe the parents' comment about making other kids not want to excel. What BS. Sounds like some bitter and jaded people, if you ask me.</p>
<p>I can understand why she'd be upset...but really, for a one-year scholarship and a silly title that no one will probably ever hear again? Isn't being able to put "finished high school in three years" on your resume enough?</p>
<p>I think this girl definitely deserves her spot, but jeez! She needs to go out and learn how to speak like she's not brain damaged or something!</p>
<p>5.898 GPA? What scale is this?</p>
<p>yeah, I want to know too. Cause if it's 6.0, the girl has to make 100s and 99s for most of her 3 years there</p>
<p>She sounds like a b.i.t.c.h. Blair Hornstine v.2.0 anyone?</p>