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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Most of the top 30 or so in my class had GPAs ABOVE 4.0 on a 4.0 scale. A 3.5 would MAYBE get you in the top 50%.
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Originally Posted by SoEnchanting
In my HS the top students had either close to a 4.0 or higher. AP classes counted extra towards your GPA. A 3.5 would have been good but not "top" anything.
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I only knew of three students that took AP classes in my senior class, two of them had the same GPA (4.3) so they were co-valedictorians. One had between a 3.9 and 4.1(?) and he was salutatorian. Essentially, they had been in the top 3 of the Class of '91 since perhaps freshman year. I was not going to go that high.
Looking back, I don't know of any other students that took AP classes, though there could've been a couple, I don't know--I honestly didn't hear AP classes being heavily emphasized my entire HS career, so I don't know what its overall impact to the class was.
FWIW, I just had the feeling that I was creeping in the top ten when I realized I went from the bottom rank of my Trig/Analytic Geometry class at the start of the year to the #2 rank by the end of the year--the number one guy was a junior (and future fellow Nupe) and he was vying for the top 10 ranking for the class of '92. I ain't mad at him for acheiving--that's pra'bly what helped him become a Nupe.
PS: Matter of fact, CT4 actually went to college with this guy and knows him personally
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