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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn't talking APs. I was talking about private school kids who have 3.3 goals s and 4s and 5s compared to public school kids who have 4.0s and 4.5a[/quote]

Since you seem a bit unfamiliar with how this works in college admissions, here are some factoids. 
1. Public schools publish both weighted GPAs and unweighted GPAs. In the weighted GPA, an A in an AP class gets a 5 in the GPA calc. In the unweighted GPA, the same A gets a 4 in the GPA calc--just like in private schools. Pretty sure every single public school in the area sends colleges both types of GPAs. 
2. The most selective colleges generally calculate their own GPAs (the A in gym gets a lower weight than the A in Calculus) or they look only at unweighted GPAs.  I should know, my kid is at a USNWR top 5 university.
3. Most (all?) top colleges have regional reps who are intimately familiar with the levels of rigor in the schools within their regions. So rest assured that the kid with a B at Sidwell is not being regarded as "less than" the kid with an A at Podunk High for Druggies.

Which begs the question. I get the sense that you don't really understand the process of getting admitted to the most selective universities and colleges. That's 
totally understandable, especially if you have small kids. But you should avoid making ignorant statements online. If your goal is to hate on public schools, you'd be safer venting your raw feelings as opposed to spouting off about things you apparently don't understand.  But hey, good job derailing the thread with your antipathy towards public schools ;)[/quote]

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