New poster - that’s true, however surnames can make this obvious. |
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Admissions team doesn’t see the names. |
They are grading based on equity. The minority students can sneak this in to the essay. |
| We have seen the scoring rubric that suggests essays is more important than GPA. However, the average GPA is 3.95 up significantly. This suggests the essays have a lot of high scores and that B matters. |
Or it means that grade inflation is rampant and the majority of above average kids have GPAs close to a 4.0. |