Where are the painfully average kids getting into college?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

What is the source for this? I see USA Today article saying that the average GPA is 3.3. That is a B+ in FCPS. Still very high, but also not an A- average. In our very rigorous FCPS high school there is no way that the average GPA is 3.7 or that all but special ed kids (I have one) are in honors classes. Plenty of solid students are in on-grade level, albeit not advanced students.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/17/study-finds-notable-increase-grades-high-schools-nationally

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

That is why I do not understand how colleges can rank candidates without SATs.

Rigor, high school profile (blue ribbon vs. avg crummy public high school), and official AP scores?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

It’s not grade inflation. It’s a dumbed down curriculum that most kids can manage.

Aren't those one in the same?

[Anonymous]

Who cares if OP's kids is are actually average compared to the nation? You understand her question; if a friend said this to you at lunch would just be so pedantic? Either say something helpful or move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if OP's kids is are actually average compared to the nation? You understand her question; if a friend said this to you at lunch would just be so pedantic? Either say something helpful or move on.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares if OP's kids is are actually average compared to the nation? You understand her question; if a friend said this to you at lunch would just be so pedantic? Either say something helpful or move on.

+1

hear, hear!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

What is the source for this? I see USA Today article saying that the average GPA is 3.3. That is a B+ in FCPS. Still very high, but also not an A- average. In our very rigorous FCPS high school there is no way that the average GPA is 3.7 or that all but special ed kids (I have one) are in honors classes. Plenty of solid students are in on-grade level, albeit not advanced students.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/17/study-finds-notable-increase-grades-high-schools-nationally

How can a 3.3 be a B+?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

What is the source for this? I see USA Today article saying that the average GPA is 3.3. That is a B+ in FCPS. Still very high, but also not an A- average. In our very rigorous FCPS high school there is no way that the average GPA is 3.7 or that all but special ed kids (I have one) are in honors classes. Plenty of solid students are in on-grade level, albeit not advanced students.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/17/study-finds-notable-increase-grades-high-schools-nationally

How can a 3.3 be a B+?

Is this a joke? A B is worth 3.0 on a four point scale. A 3.3 is higher than a 3.0 so it’s a B “plus .3”? Is it exactly the same GPA as if you got a B+ In every class, no. But it is a better than B average.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

What is the source for this? I see USA Today article saying that the average GPA is 3.3. That is a B+ in FCPS. Still very high, but also not an A- average. In our very rigorous FCPS high school there is no way that the average GPA is 3.7 or that all but special ed kids (I have one) are in honors classes. Plenty of solid students are in on-grade level, albeit not advanced students.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/17/study-finds-notable-increase-grades-high-schools-nationally

How can a 3.3 be a B+?

Is this a joke? A B is worth 3.0 on a four point scale. A 3.3 is higher than a 3.0 so it’s a B “plus .3”? Is it exactly the same GPA as if you got a B+ In every class, no. But it is a better than B average.

A 3.3 at our school is an 86, which is a B, not a B+.

[Anonymous]

When I was in school, a B+ was a 3.3 and an A- was a 3.7. I think it's a pretty common grading scale.

[Anonymous]

B+ is 3.3

https://pages.collegeboard.org/how-to-convert-gpa-4.0-scale

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And when I say average, I mean actually average. Not DCUM average?

3.4 uw 3.8 w, 1250 SAT, typical sport and club type activities
typical suburban white kid

He’s a junior. We don’t know where to start. What medium-big solid schools anywhere within 8 hours driving distance would he definitely get into?

lol your kid is above average. get a grip.

Agree.

Seriously OP?

You must not live here. That is honestly kinda below average in the dc area.

The GPA may be average for public schools, where more A's are given. But for private schools, this GPA is very high.

My sister has taught at a couple of privates and she says the amount of grade inflation is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

No. The AVERAGE 12th grader in the US has an A- average GPA. Grade inflation is INSANE. This was in the USA Today.

I teach at an UMC public HS and this is ridiculous. The average GPA is definitely not an A-

[Anonymous]

Michigan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan

If you live in Michigan, maybe, but not OOS. ACT midrange for last year's freshman class was 31-34. Ain't exactly average, let alone "painfully average."