We're all Number 1! Is 21 Valedictorians too many?

[AGDee]

According to the free dictionary:

val·e·dic·to·ri·an (vl-dk-tôr-n, -tr-)
n.
The student with the highest academic rank in a class who delivers the valedictory at graduation.


The schools calling everybody with over a 4.0 a valedictorian need a vocabulary lesson.

I do think a few students who actually did have the same GPA with the same rigor of classes could share the title. Once you get too many though, the school is better off going with the summa cum laude, magna cum laude, & cum laude system. I didn't mention that when I graduated, the class president gave the speech. Our class president was a joke of a student who was just super hot and popular. His speech reflected his attitude toward academics.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

According to the free dictionary:

val·e·dic·to·ri·an (vl-dk-tôr-n, -tr-)
n.
The student with the highest academic rank in a class who delivers the valedictory at graduation.

Haha.. I definitely looked up the definition, as well. "THE student" is what stood out in all sources that I found.

[sigmadiva]

One thing I realized very quickly right after I graduated hs was that hs class rankings are meaningless at that point.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

One thing I realized very quickly right after I graduated hs was that hs class rankings are meaningless at that point.

Hell, I didn't care while I was in high school lol

Most of the people at the top of my class were more concerned about being in the top 10% -- didn't matter where you fell, as long as you were included in that group (due to the Texas automatic admission thing).