I think GPAs should be standardized

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:welcome to life.
things are not standard, nor are they fair.

the sooner you figure that out and move on, the better off your kids will be with coping, dealing and tbh thriving.

I hate this attitude.

The idea that the college board, a corrupt for-profit NFP, is more open to change and improvement than parents are is damning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people here dont realize all the private schools that hand out top grades, with no APs to check that "rigor", and average SATS no where to be found.

Read it and weep, DCUM. These kids end up in T20s. They were admitted in K. It's not like a Stuy or a Regis where you have to get in on merits at 9th grade entry

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1758028010/packer/uvjdqpplcgojpcsekn5s/PackerSchoolProfile2025-26_091525.pdf

I'd love to see everyone move to a numbered system, like stuy. And then a grade distribution on the school profile with average SATs. I can read that - I trust AOs can read that. Main Street High where every kid gets a 96 or up in math but their average SAT is 1200 tells me all I need to know.

Packer kids are generally very well-prepared humanities majors, and T20 colleges love them.
- former AO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:welcome to life.
things are not standard, nor are they fair.

the sooner you figure that out and move on, the better off your kids will be with coping, dealing and tbh thriving.

I hate this attitude.

The idea that the college board, a corrupt for-profit NFP, is more open to change and improvement than parents are is damning

I hate complainers. It's sad. Pathetic. Smells of loneliness and desperation. And people who live online but can't function irl.

Honestly, get off this board and do something. This thread will die. Nothing will happen. Get a life and move on. No one really cares to do anything other than type a few words on this thread. Actually, help your kids instead of complaining. The world has enough complainers.

Or
Novel idea: Actually, do something. Write an op-ed. Start a letter campaign. Start a Substack and tell us where, and we will repost it. Post some of this on FB groups with former and current CCO and IEC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people here dont realize all the private schools that hand out top grades, with no APs to check that "rigor", and average SATS no where to be found.

Read it and weep, DCUM. These kids end up in T20s. They were admitted in K. It's not like a Stuy or a Regis where you have to get in on merits at 9th grade entry

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1758028010/packer/uvjdqpplcgojpcsekn5s/PackerSchoolProfile2025-26_091525.pdf

I'd love to see everyone move to a numbered system, like stuy. And then a grade distribution on the school profile with average SATs. I can read that - I trust AOs can read that. Main Street High where every kid gets a 96 or up in math but their average SAT is 1200 tells me all I need to know.

Packer kids are generally very well-prepared humanities majors, and T20 colleges love them.
- former AO

Guess what, a lot of kids are.

But they are full pay, I give you that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:welcome to life.
things are not standard, nor are they fair.

the sooner you figure that out and move on, the better off your kids will be with coping, dealing and tbh thriving.

I hate this attitude.

The idea that the college board, a corrupt for-profit NFP, is more open to change and improvement than parents are is damning

I hate complainers. It's sad. Pathetic. Smells of loneliness and desperation. And people who live online but can't function irl.

Honestly, get off this board and do something. This thread will die. Nothing will happen. Get a life and move on. No one really cares to do anything other than type a few words on this thread. Actually, help your kids instead of complaining. The world has enough complainers.

Or
Novel idea: Actually, do something. Write an op-ed. Start a letter campaign. Start a Substack and tell us where, and we will repost it. Post some of this on FB groups with former and current CCO and IEC.

unclear here. you dont want her posting an idea here - you hate it actually. but you want her to write a substack. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:welcome to life.
things are not standard, nor are they fair.

the sooner you figure that out and move on, the better off your kids will be with coping, dealing and tbh thriving.

I hate this attitude.

The idea that the college board, a corrupt for-profit NFP, is more open to change and improvement than parents are is damning

I hate complainers. It's sad. Pathetic. Smells of loneliness and desperation. And people who live online but can't function irl.

Honestly, get off this board and do something. This thread will die. Nothing will happen. Get a life and move on. No one really cares to do anything other than type a few words on this thread. Actually, help your kids instead of complaining. The world has enough complainers.

Or
Novel idea: Actually, do something. Write an op-ed. Start a letter campaign. Start a Substack and tell us where, and we will repost it. Post some of this on FB groups with former and current CCO and IEC.

What's the complaint? The OP offered a suggestion. The title is I think GPAs should be standardized. That's not a complaint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?


https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf

Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.

[Anonymous]

It's obvious that GPAs are not standard, and really can't be, but it's fascinating to me that they are still the best predictor of a student's success in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?


https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf

Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.

I think only the very big systems like the UC system uses slate to recalculate. I'm not sure why - maybe you have to pay for that feature? Or maybe it's not trustworthy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?


https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf

Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.

+1
how does it work?

[Anonymous]

I think moving to a standard system would be a small but useful step forward. Agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?


https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf

Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.

I think only the very big systems like the UC system uses slate to recalculate. I'm not sure why - maybe you have to pay for that feature? Or maybe it's not trustworthy?

Think its many many more than that:
https://knowledge.technolutions.net/docs/reader-and-gpa-recalculation-best-practices

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think a lot of people here dont realize all the private schools that hand out top grades, with no APs to check that "rigor", and average SATS no where to be found.

Read it and weep, DCUM. These kids end up in T20s. They were admitted in K. It's not like a Stuy or a Regis where you have to get in on merits at 9th grade entry

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1758028010/packer/uvjdqpplcgojpcsekn5s/PackerSchoolProfile2025-26_091525.pdf

I'd love to see everyone move to a numbered system, like stuy. And then a grade distribution on the school profile with average SATs. I can read that - I trust AOs can read that. Main Street High where every kid gets a 96 or up in math but their average SAT is 1200 tells me all I need to know.

Packer kids are generally very well-prepared humanities majors, and T20 colleges love them.
- former AO

Guess what, a lot of kids are.

But they are full pay, I give you that.

Different poster.
No, the reality is that a lot of kids are not. They can barely write despite getting As in English each year.
At trong private schools the kids are turning out 200-300 pages of essays a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do know that schools use Slate to auto-recalculate the GPA for only the classes they want, right?


https://technolutions.com/admissions?itemId=ygz90f7yhhcmc2hayamsb4kpvy301e

https://advisortraining.wayne.edu/remote_advising/slate_overview.pdf

Can someone do a deep dive on Slate and how it works, along with visuals? I will post on YCBK reader questions (can others do it as well) - because maybe they'll cover this in a podcast.

It's a big black box, and parents should have more visibility.

I think only the very big systems like the UC system uses slate to recalculate. I'm not sure why - maybe you have to pay for that feature? Or maybe it's not trustworthy?

There's a ton out there on this - so much happening in this space for this admissions cycle. Its all over LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

Agree. This YCBK episode really brought this issue home