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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private parent in California. I know comparatively few kids even applying to the UCs any more from private school. It’s been a steep enough decline that apparently the UC admissions people are talking about it quietly as an issue. The reality is that UC does admissions based largely on straight-up GPA and they don’t have the resources to differentiate based on high school profile. Grade inflation is significantly rewarded. That cuts against the applicants from schools that have lower max GPAs. [/quote]

They have and use resources to compare students against those from their own school.[/quote]

I’m not sure where this persistent myth comes from, but it is simply not true. Also, it defies common sense. Of course admissions officers compare kids against kids from other high schools. It’s absurd to think they don’t. [/quote]

I'm an admissions reader.[/quote]

I don’t believe you, but even if so, I also did admissions for years, and I know you are pushing a myth that simply isn’t true. [/quote]

I'm glad you have past experience. I'm doing admissions reading this year. I didn't say students are not compared across schools, but I can assure you that at our institution, students are compared to others from their own school.[/quote]

what happens if there is only one kid applying from a high school?

or the following cohorts:   (assume similar extracurriculars since all kids come from similarly resourced families).

NCS: 3.3, 3.2 ,3.4,           35 ACT,  No APs,    no honors available except in math classes, no APs available. 
Visitation: 3.9, 3.85, 3.9     35 ACT    5 APs,      honors available in math and language (plus AP in all core subjects)
BCC: 4.4, 4.3, 4.3            35 ACT   12 2 APs,  honors available in all classes (plus AP in all core subjects)

Can a standard admissions officer looked at this in a nuanced manner?  [/quote]

It’s going to depend on the school. For the UCs, probably the BCC kid will get in above the others because UC weights raw GPA more heavily (regardless of profile of school). For a school like Purdue, odds are probably about even, maybe slightly worse for BCC because so many BCC kids have identical profiles.

Some schools weight raw GPA more heavily than others. [/quote]

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