Were You in the Top Ten in Your Graduating Class?

[nikki1920]

I was in the top 20%, probably. I took three AP classes my senior year (one was first period ), was a National Honor Society member, Spanish National Honor Society member, and was glad as HAYLE to done with senior year. I graduated with a 3.8, I think.

Class of 1994...... wow!!

[Senusret I]

I was not in the top 20, so I have no idea what my rank was. Nor was I in the National Honor Society.

Ten years later, I turned out okay.

[OOhsoflyDELTA#9]

I was in the top 15 percent in a class of 505 at an academically competitive high school..we had kids with 5.0 GPAs also....I could never be inducted into the National Honor Society because of my behavior in school...I was bad and acted out alot..

[christiangirl]

HA! I'm just grateful I wasn't in the bottom 10%! I was in the top third of my class in college though, maybe the top 20%, I'm not sure, but definitely over 30%.

[12dn94dst]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Ten years later, I turned out okay.

that item is on the agenda for discussion.

[CrimsonTide4]

I was #21 out of 22.










And if you believe that, you've never met my mother. I was #21 out of 213 people.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

I was 80 out of 824.

Gooooood Lord!! Did you go to one of those tri-county high schools? lol

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I was not in the top 20, so I have no idea what my rank was. Nor was I in the National Honor Society.

Ten years later, I turned out okay.

Ditto...except for it hasn't been 10 years for me yet.

[KAPital PHINUst]

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%.

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.

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 .

[KSUViolet06]

I was #9/120 in my graduating class (with a 4.0 overall GPA). The top 5 all had GPAs higher than 4.0 because of AP courses. Our valedictorian & salutatorian both had 5.0 GPAs (because they took the max number of AP courses allowed). I only took one (English).

I was actually MAD when I got my class ranking because I thought I was ranked higher. I remember crying to my friend (who was thrilled because she was valedictorian). I thought life was over.

Five years later later, we get some good laughs over that story.

[ladygreek]

My HS experience was interesting. I went to and "gifted" elementary school, so when I went to high school I was a sophmore academically. For three years I took classes with the students a year ahead of me. When they graduated, I was "housed" with my class, but tutored one-on-one in college prep courses.

The unfortunate thing about all of this is that I was already at least a year younger than my class (started HS at 12) and thus at least two years younger than the ones I had class with. My maturity level was definitely not on par and it affected me emotionally. I did not want to be the ultra smart TK (yes my Mom was the head of the math department at my HS.) So I did my fair share of acting out academically--skipping classes, not studying, etc.

[Little32]

Top 10% in highschool, which would have place me in the thirties somewhere. #7 in my class in college, darn those two A-s.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by lovehaiku84

824!! Wow, graduation must have taken forever!

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Gooooood Lord!! Did you go to one of those tri-county high schools? lol

LOL. Yeah, it's a big high school. It's built like a small college campus. In 9th grade, we actually started out with 1 thousand something, but with dropouts, pregnancies, kids getting killed, etc. we ended up with 824.

[UrbanizdSkillz]

I started high school at 13 and ended at 16. I was high enough in rank to get into 3 out of 4 of my college choices. I honestly don't know my rank because I wasn't all that interested. As long as I graduated and went to college, I was good. I did finish with about a 3.5 I think but I went to school with over-achievers so I definitely wasn't in the top 10%. Maybe the top 25% I dunno.

[txdiva]

I was in the top 15% of my graduating class, #33 out of 310 with a 3.3 GPA, inducted in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.

[NiaX]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

Well alrighty, then, we have to dialogue......

...but right now, I need you to get ready because I'm going to swing by, pick you up, and we are going to pay a little visit to Ms. NiaX.

I will hold her while you beat her dow er.....impress upon her the high academic rigor required of our dear alma mater (with her ole hate' talking self.)

We can both curse her out in Latin (cause we can do it like that).

hmmm.... really? Bwahahahaha!!!!! I came from the top school in KY.... always having the top 10 in the nation with the number of National Merit Semifinalists... and has had a Jeopardy contestant since like 95... you can talk that Latin talk... but I will just make a device to make that gold dome disappear!

*went to the school of Azzholes* LOL!!!!

come on now... for real...K and TonyB....Latin? I am on the floor!