What High School Students Really Think of the Rankings

My daughter is an 97+ student and did not score as high as she would like on her recent SAT exam. She will be taking it again but said that it is unfair to judge your ranking based on one test. What about all the years of excellance from elementary through High School. Do they count as much as they should.

This goes the same for ACT tests. I can tell you that she works very hard and her goals for life are very much above

the average student.

We recently learned that she has been awarded to be the Salutatorian at her school and we are very proud. But we found out that the student who became the Valdictorian did not take AP classes until her Senior Year. This means to me that the ranking system was not fair and that she took the easy way out for ranking. My daughter cannot believe that all her hard work appears to have been lost and gives her a very disgusting taste in her mouth for the ranking system in general. I am hoping that she will create a Blog or an article to warn all students about the pitfalls that can occur when you paticipate in AP courses.

We did meet with her Principal and Guidance Counselor but I don't think my daughter got the ranking she deserves.

Ed of NY 11:09AM October 14, 2008