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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:01 is correct.  Each college and university can weigh the GPAs however they like.  They can remove the gym classes.  They can allocate more weight to hard sciences.  They can remove drivers ed, etc.  They can screen out all soft electives.  They can take off points a private school that the local admissions rep knows has grade inflation and add for a GPA from a tough public school like T.J.  Everything is computerized so the college admissions can seek out whatever it is they think is valuable and fits a particular desired class composite.

The highest GPAs run up to 6.0, which is absurd.

Langley High had over 60 valedictorians last year.  I can only assume it is everyone with a 4.0 or more.  I really don't know.  They each get to wear a medal.

15 AP courses in public is not unheard of, although rare.  I asked what Fairfax County's record for Oxford was.  The one recorded student who applied from the county and was accepted had a 4.8 GPA and 15 AP courses.[/quote]

Oh, and you point to a private school with "grade inflation," but in the same sentence mention a public school that has " 60 valedictorians."  Where is the grade inflation again?[/quote]

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