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[quote=Anonymous]The difficulty parents have is not understanding the context of the school.
Many parents of current high schoolers were in high school in the early to mid 90s. Their HS may have had 5-6 AP courses and the smartest kid in the grade was the only one who managed to take more than 4. The smartest/top kids were the only ones who had true 4.0UW, battling out who would get one semester A- or B to decide the top spot.

It is very different now. The big-name regional magnet public has 6 math tracks, some DE some AP, the top one has MVC/LA. The median weighted GPA is 4.2, UW is 3.7. Many kids on many different tracks have "4.0 uw", and several of them have the 4.0UW with the highest rigor possible. They do not do Valedictorian anymore they just announce these kids as some form of Scholar. 
So when Larlo has a 4.3W and has taken six APs his mother thinks he must be near the top of his class. Yet in reality he is a bit above average and UVA in state is not going to happen, nor is Tech or WM likely. [/quote]

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