Achieving a stunning 11.99 GPA, Indian-origin Vaibhav Bhaskar has rewritten the record books for Florida high schools. His extraordinary performance sparked a critical review of grading practices, acadmic burnout of students. Vaibhav said he was not burned out but tired and now it felt surreal that suddenly he did not have anything to do after his high school graduation.
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