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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which has more grade deflation for the same work/same level of performance on an exam or an essay (at the high school level):

NCS
STA
Potomac
Sidwell

What percent of the class gets As, A-s, B+, B on average in classes at each school?

Most Northeast (Boston) private schools give 25% full As, and center around A-/high B+ so that if you do the work you are in the A/A- range.

Is that true of the 4 schools above?  (I am not including GDS, or MCPS, or FCPS because these have different distributions).

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I think DC's class at STA had about 85 students. Of that, I think about 15 graduated cum laude, which based on DC's average at graduation ( 94 ) are the subset who graduated with an A average while simultaneously taking all AP/honors level classes for their last 3 years of HS.

The rest of the 85 or so, I would assume graduated with an average less than a 90 % and/or had that average but achieved it taking non- AP or non-honors tract.

As far as " grade deflation" at STA/NCS, I don't think this intentionally happens, but what does happen over time is that when a school admits, year after year, only the very brightest students and the teachers have been teaching there for decades a certain expectation becomes part of the culture. I'd add that that is a very good thing because every one being taught there is challenged, and has the opportunity to work very hard and get a GREAT education .

Learning to work your A** off and be very disciplined in your formative years is just about the most effective way to increase your chances for success in life. Of course, you might get mostly B+'s and you might not end up at Harvard or Princeton, but it is very likely that for the rest of your life you will kick the pants off of those who do.

That can be said for all graduates of STA/NCS.[/quote]

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