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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ That's obviously a bullshit made up stat.[/quote]

You really think so, do you?  Not even close to a stretch statistically.  There are 35,000 high schools in America.  They receive applications from 9,000 different schools, with almost 11,000 (40% of their applicant pool) students with perfect GPAs (highest possible GPA as measured on a 4.0 scale with no silly bumps).  So, it would stand to reason that about 40% of the 9,000 schools represented in the pool had their valedictorian apply, including ties.  Which means about 3,500 valedictorians.  How many of this group do you think got in?  Perhaps 500 to 700, when all other institutional priorities are considered.  Not a bulkshit stat, dude.  They can fill their class 5 times over with perfect GPAs...fact.
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Where are you sourcing your data to know how many 4.0 unweighted + 36/1600 students exist? Further, over 90% of the high schools in the US are terrible so who gives a shit who's the valedictorian at them?[/quote]

Hostile aren't we without even checking the most obvious place - admissions press release by Princeton.  I have no idea about the 36/1600 as I never referenced it.  Hard pill to swallow when you realize that 4.0 GPAs are quite common.  And most schools in America are not terrible.  Typical slanted view, which reminds me of those posters showing an enlarged NYC and DC with nothing between them and LA.
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