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MatthewAlexander wrote:our valedictorian is solely based on marks and my girlfriend beat me by 0.7 %  haha well... you two must be the most popular couple in school. 
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My high school's valedictorian was also based solely on marks. Normally they only take one person, the one with the highest average, but in the case of my year, I tied pretty much to the decimal point with another guy and we both got it (so we did our speech together).
We also have a salutatorian. Teachers nominate students that have been very involved throughout the years (they pick two students, I think) and then the students vote on them (so that one's basically a popularity contest).
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We're voting for valedictorian in our homeroom classes tomorrow morning
Honours English Major/History Minor, York '12
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ok reading all the posts in this forumid rather have a class valedictorian that the student population wants then some IB nerd that never was an active member of the school and spended their highschool time buried in their books dont get me wrong not all ib kids are like that.... usually people that are nominated by the students are all around athletes get along with everyone and smart so defintely a good choice also in my cousin school it was based on marks and some foreign exchanged student got it and he wrote his speech on the metaphorsis of a caterpillar it was hellla bring and it sounded like some biology research paper instread of highlighting schools memories honestly i would rather hear the "dr seuss" speech than that he was also boasting on how he got accepted to yale
*mz_alliyah* SuMmEr 08 iS hErE !!!< done high school; gonna live it up....b4 i go 2 uni>
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I finished second in the valedictorian voting. Blah. Some drama geek ended up winning because he was lobbying for votes. And apparently, my speech would have too many "big words", so the moral of the story is, if your school is mostly dumb, just act like them if you want to become valedictorian. Getting 90's or being actively involved in the community won't make a difference, at least at my school (seems like it's almost frowned upon).
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I think it's a better system to have both a valedictorian and a salutatorian...
So that people that work hard to get high marks get recognition, but it isn't a popularity contest, and there's still someone to represent the student population.
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NEM99 wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:our valedictorian is solely based on marks and my girlfriend beat me by 0.7 % haha well... you two must be the most popular couple in school. haha it's kind of funny how you judge people by marks, I'm assuming that was sarcasm.. I guess you would be suprised to hear that I'm my school's athlete of the year as well as provincial high school athlete of the year.
Queen's Commerce 12'
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MatthewAlexander wrote:NEM99 wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:our valedictorian is solely based on marks and my girlfriend beat me by 0.7 % haha well... you two must be the most popular couple in school. haha it's kind of funny how you judge people by marks, I'm assuming that was sarcasm.. I guess you would be suprised to hear that I'm my school's athlete of the year as well as provincial high school athlete of the year. i don't mean to be a stalker or anything, but i just read an article about you and your ec's in sports. but i'm just wondering...how are you so good at badminton? 
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wow i just read that article too.
Does that mean you get $60,000 right away? or is it divided into payments over time?
~WLU/UW Business and Math Double Degree- Class of 2013~
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MatthewAlexander wrote:NEM99 wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:our valedictorian is solely based on marks and my girlfriend beat me by 0.7 % haha well... you two must be the most popular couple in school. haha it's kind of funny how you judge people by marks, I'm assuming that was sarcasm.. I guess you would be suprised to hear that I'm my school's athlete of the year as well as provincial high school athlete of the year. Badminton is a sport now? Geez...
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My school has a form that students must fill out if they are interested in becoming the valedictorian. Requirements: endorsement by 5 teachers and 20 students(they cannot endorse anyone but that one person), and at least a 70% average. Those names end up on a ballot. Students and staff vote on the best candidate.
This year, our valedictorian is a girl who is a star player on the basketball team, has an 85+ avg, helps run many clubs/associations, and gets along with just about anyone.
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At my school they let the students vote, but it's kind of pointless because if they don't like who the students pick they just overrule it.
B.A., U of ?????????? '13
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I just got the ballot today for valedictorian. I believe you just have to get the most votes, but if it is someone how never goes to school, the teachers would likely pick the next one, but it is the students for the most part who decide. We also let the runnier up get some glory, they get to annonce the valedictorian (introduce them) at commencement.
U of Guelph, microbiology, co-op
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the teachers nominate students who have high academic standing, are actively involved in school activities, and are good public speakers
then their names are announced to everyone, and all the grade 12s get to vote. this year there are 4 candidates.
Ryerson 2012
Politics & Governance
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quester wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:NEM99 wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:our valedictorian is solely based on marks and my girlfriend beat me by 0.7 % haha well... you two must be the most popular couple in school. haha it's kind of funny how you judge people by marks, I'm assuming that was sarcasm.. I guess you would be suprised to hear that I'm my school's athlete of the year as well as provincial high school athlete of the year. i don't mean to be a stalker or anything, but i just read an article about you and your ec's in sports. but i'm just wondering...how are you so good at badminton? lol thats a bit creepy .. my dad was a national coach for a while. It's not as easy as most people think.. I guess caucasians don't think highly of it, but asians know it's a pretty big deal over there. I would consider soccer my top sport though. I'm not great at anything, I just play a lot of different sports. hence the emphasis on sports in my ECs . 
Queen's Commerce 12'
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GGG wrote:wow i just read that article too.
Does that mean you get $60,000 right away? or is it divided into payments over time? it's 15,000 a year, as long as I maintain a 75 avg in first year and an 80 avg in years 2 and 3.
Queen's Commerce 12'
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Our school tabulated our results =)
valedictorian is a female
salutatorian is a male.
woo
UTSG Computer Science '12
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did they do that deliberately (one of the two has to be a female, and the other must be a male) or is that just by coincidence?
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We've already voted like a week ago (still no results).
I think my school needs more time to burn some votes and rig the election.
UTSG Life Science 12'
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scarboro wrote:We've already voted like a week ago (still no results).
I think my school needs more time to burn some votes and rig the election. Yeah, my school voted last Friday and we don't have the results yet either
Honours English Major/History Minor, York '12Stong Rez
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