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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked at a big three for about 10 years.  The median I would estimate, having seen data and had faculty meetings re:grading norms, is a b/b+.  Students also tend to improve jr sr year when they have more choice in the courses they take.  At the end of senior year it’s closer to a b+.  Big 3s are hard and most kids are going to be more than fine academically in college. Of the bottom half, usually between 5-10% are academic disasters, most likely this is NOT your kid.  15-25% are middling around a low B and the rest float between a solid 3.0 and a 3.5.  [/quote]

Senior parent. Interesting and sounds about right to me. Big3 grading tends to be pretty hard. Nearly fell off my chair once when I saw the grading rubric for my DS in English. Outstanding = A, Very strong and comprehensive = B, Good but could use some improvement ==C. So medians are below that at many other schools fo sure.[/quote]

I would fall off my chair if someone tried to pass that off as a rubric too.   Surely you are getting an actual rubric for that kind of tuition? [/quote]

PP. That was my summary. Just to say that "good" work gets a C.[/quote]

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