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http://www.cbhscircuit.com/?p=54

Adam Birnbaum of Cypress Bay High School voices his opinion on class ranking in his high school. Birnbaum's column describes the importance of class rank at his school because rank, along with SAT/ ACT scores, are the two most important numbers for college applications. With class rank, students at Cypress Bay overfill their schedules with rigorous courses with the option to enroll in dual credit classes at the local college, Broward College, in order to receive additional AP 6.0 weighted GPA's. Birnbaum believes that this GPA loading is "cheating" and is unfair to students who cannot do this. In addition, Birnbaum feels that the dual-enrollment is merely for students who have interest in those additional college classes, not for students who want to boost their rank. Birnbaum believes that students should choose curriculums based on what students enjoy and that the rank system or the dual-enrollment should be altered or eliminated all together if the GPA loading does not stop.