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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question — do the schools really have grade deflation or are the courses just harder than kids are used to, combined with kids being accustomed to grade inflation in HS?[/quote]

I'll bite, since I've now seen two threads on this. My kid is at a top-25 public school. There are curves in math classes, and maybe more, but that's all I know. [b]So do you consider a curve, grade deflation? 
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Many kids are failing math classes because they are reportedly very hard. This has been discussed ad nauseam on the parent's FB group. Many of them take math classes over at the local JC over the summer. My kid has had to retake AP classes, which I understand is not uncommon. There was also a long thread about how intro economics (required) was putting some kids over the edge, with parents chiming in to say "just hold on." My kid did very well in HS and on SAT, much more so than sibling (so I have comparison), and did not have to work for it (unlike sibling). Kid said s/he had to learn to study at college, and was surprised. Decided to work hard, but is no longer getting all A's. Not worried at all about grad school. [/quote]

I’m not PP, but yes — a curve can result in grade deflation, at least in terms of the way it was implemented when I was in college. If, for example, you get an absolute score of an 85%—which traditionally would result in a B or B+—but a lot of people did better than you, then when the professor adjusts the grades to fit into whatever curve the professor is implementing, it’s possible that an 85% would fall low enough in the grade distribution to result in a letter grade lower than a B or B+. [/quote]

I agree with you, just asking that poster. That's likely why so many kids are failing math classes. To the OP, I can't imagine if your kid wants to coast they will at those schools. [/quote]

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