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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the contrary, I think 15:46's post was dead on.  I can tell you from experience at both ncs and sta that some teachers are notoriously tough graders (doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't also excellent teachers) but it can adversely affect GPA. [/quote]

Things regress to the mean.  Very strong students get good grades, and one or two courses (which many of your classmates also take) don't affect a GPA all that much in absolute terms, and very little in relevant terms because the teacher is teaching many others (assuming your average independent school teacher has about four classes, or 50-60 kids).  Finally, colleges are quite familiar with the difficulty level of your Sidwell, STA/NCS Type independent schools -- they know they won't see kids with the proverbial 5.0 GPA on a four point scale.  The fact is, there is a wide range of students at these schools in terms of ability; one measure of this is National Merit Semifinalist status.  The best local independents tend to have around 15% max of a graduating class get Semifinalist status.  The idea that STA is filled with geniuses who struggle to rise rise above the sub-par teaching they receive is just silly -- ask the kids themselves, they are quite complimentary about the quality of the teaching.  [/quote]

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