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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree that GPA is the be all/end all, especially since you have to take differences in high school into account.  My DD goes to a private with no grade inflation.  In fact, there is no kid with a 4.0 GPA in the entire graduating class and very few in the 3.85-3.9 range (there is also no weighting).  Nonetheless, many of her classmates are going to extremely selective Ivy and other schools.  Her 3.7 (and outside the top 20% of the class) is headed to a top 20 school.  [/quote]

Yes, the colleges know that school. They know that the kids with X range of GPA do well at their school and are well educated.
At ait of schools kids aren't getting much of an education at all (so they will struggle in college) but they are getting great grades. If a kid is at one of ghose schools getting average grades then they aren't getting in anywhere.
The vast majority of successful kids we know were doing even more learning outside of school (not just showing up to activities).

Kids mature at different rates. Just send them along, support them and hope for the best. Your time of directing their lives is over.[/quote]

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