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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting that so many posters bring up public schools when the forum and the thread are about private schools.[/quote]

What do you mean?  I think in this context, there is not a lot of grade inflation at privates and it is helpful to think of the whole universe of what is out there.  Didn't think it seemed strange.[/quote]
Sorry to bust your bubble but grade inflation is 3 times higher in private schools than public schools.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/ [/quote]

I thought it was common knowledge that private schools inflate grades.    Public schools have students with all different ranges of ability.    A student in a special Ed class who has a severe learning disability might get an A English Lit where the reading was a lot lighter than Honors Lit where the student gets a B even though her work was superior to the other students.

Private schools pick and choose students pretty much with all the same ability.  They need to be very aware of their reputation and be recognized as a top notch school sending students to the very best colleges.   It’s a business and it wouldn’t look good if their chosen students were B students.  Grade inflation helps that.  [/quote]

Not at our private and especially for the advanced classes. It is the opposite. Very very hard to get an A. My spouse works in subject matter for one class and it is harder than what he saw in upper level college. It is also frustrating because our school got rid of AP and now students are worried about getting in college. There is not a good way to differentiate the curriculum to colleges. I think some posters are either trolls or clueless about how difficult elite private schools like a Holton are to get As.[/quote]

Regional college admissions officers become pretty intimately knowledgable about the curriculum and grading policies in individual schools within their region.  They also know the track records of students who matriculated from those schools.  I would not worry.  My son came out of a private school with a 4.14 GPA and got into almost every school he applied to including his top choice which is a T20 plus full ride to Maryland (which he turned down).  His public school friends had GPAs of up to 4.7 and didn't do any better than he did.[/quote]

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