Valedictorian
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Anonymous
| Any universities that just love valedictorians - either in terms of merit aid or seems to be an extra advantage to getting in? |
Anonymous
| Does Vanderbilt still like them? Lots of valedictorians from NC seemed to go there with a lot of merit aid |
Anonymous
| Rice used to like them |
Anonymous
| All schools like valedictorians. |
Anonymous
| No, they know it's a gimmick. |
Anonymous
| My nephew was valedictorian at his podunk school in rural Oklahoma and got a full ride to Colorado College. |
Anonymous
| They do care at least a little. Some schools publicize the number of valedictorians or both valedictorians and salutatorians (Vandy has done this in the past). |
Anonymous
Seems weirdly mid-tier/try-hard to do this. |
Anonymous
Nice |
Anonymous
X100 |
Anonymous
Uh not impressive |
Anonymous
| My Val kid got into more than 4 t15 unhooked, picked a top ivy. The Val year before was shut out of all T20. The difference? Rigor. Val only matters if the Val took the hardest classes |
Anonymous
| You won't know who is valedictorian until June, long after college apps are in. |
Anonymous
Not true. If a school ranks, the kid will know that he or she is in the running for Valedictorian. |
Anonymous
+1. All guidance will say is that the student is in the top 2% of the class. IF the student stays on track, they “might” be a valedictorian. |