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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the lack of ranking or GPA just a way to preserve special treatment away from the hoi polloi? Eliminating AP classes, too. If an admissions office can’t make an apples to apples comparison to top public students they can’t find the public student superior…[/quote] Our kids' school does same and I've got no idea if this was always the case or evolved over time (our kids are not lifers so have limited knowledge of the school). It is a progressive ed school so may be the former. School doesn't offer APs, but that has to do with teachers having a great degree of control over curriculum and not teaching to the test. And could be that the admin doesn't want to wade into the "weighing" of grades as they do not offer higher track classes in English/history as they do for maths/science. FWIW, I have a DC who crushes the latter but struggles in the former so it's not as if every strong STEM student is also tops in the humanities. [/quote]
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