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A Florida student accumulated a monumental 11.99 GPA through an atypical high school routine, prompting local schools to change how they weigh courses. <\/p>\n

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The high marks by Vaibhav Bhaskar, who is on his way to Duke University to study finance and economics, earned him a new state record, beating out the Sunshine State\u2019s previous top 11.84 grade point average, according to the Palm Beach Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To keep track of his ambitious milestones, Bhaskar relied on a physical reminder of his objectives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a whiteboard in my room, and I listed five goals on it for my high school career back when I was a sophomore,\u201d Bhaskar told The Post, noting that his top aims were to \u201cbecome valedictorian\u201d and \u201cbreak the state GPA record.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

When those targets were established, his approach shifted.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I had those goals defined, and I had the mindset that I was going to accomplish those goals no matter what, from then on it just became about patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I would say balance is an important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bhaskar\u2019s course load included 44 advanced placement and dual college enrollment classes.<\/p>\n

Because he took on such a massive volume of schoolwork, the combined weight of his classes pushed his GPA to an astronomical level.<\/p>\n

While Hillsborough County school officials praised Bhaskar\u2019s achievement, they stressed that no student should be able to amass an 11.99 GPA.<\/p>\n

Principal Tiffany Ewell compared the loophole to an \u201carms race\u201d that has since prompted the district to revise its policy.<\/p>\n

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Many schools currently lack a GPA ceiling, which can incentivize students to push themselves to undergo extreme lengths to appear more competitive to university admissions offices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To combat this, many districts \u2014 like the Palm Beach school system \u2014 have turned to the Honors Point Average (HPA) system, which averages grades rather than stacking them, which helps prevent academic burnout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bhaskar expressed that he fully supports transitioning to a standardized approach, restricting GPA to a five point scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually absolutely agree with the change because it\u2019s a way more standardized way to calculate GPAs,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He pointed out that \u201cmy 11.99 GPA on our district\u2019s scale probably translates to a 4.93 on a standard 5.0 scale,\u201d and reassured other students that \u201cregardless of the scale, colleges will recalculate your GPA.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Still, he admitted there was a certain novelty to the old system, joking, \u201cOn my scale, it was favorable because it gives those crazy numbers, and 11.99 obviously sounds a lot better than 4.93.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bhaskar is taking it easy this summer.<\/p>\n

He revealed that his post-graduation routine has largely consisted of catching up on rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am definitely doing that \u2014 sleeping in every day,\u201d he admitted, explaining that \u201cafter the first two weeks of graduation, I wouldn\u2019t say I was burned out, but I was definitely tired. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt felt almost surreal that I didn\u2019t have anything left to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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