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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t read all of the responses but I found it interesting that the two schools my don was deferred at for EA were in-state schools. Neither one is known for a low admissions rate either. I guess his 3.3 just can’t measure up against the high and super high GPAs. Those schools were his safety schools so it’s not a big deal but just surprising. [/quote]

3.3 is low, for public and private.[/quote]

It is absolutely not low at NCS. Most of my daughters friends are right around 3.0-3.4[/quote]

+1 different school. But, the PP's belief that it is is precisely what these kids are up against. They don't fully get that a B in AP Physics C  is calculated as a 2.7 (whereas on the public school scale that 2.7 looks like a C-), and missing an A by .2 gets you a 3.3 for that class (whereas in other schools, that likely would have been made an A one way or the other, probably rounded up, but also a 3.3 is a C+ in a AP level course, not a just barely missed an A by the skin of your teeth in a very hard AP class). This is what posters mean by grade inflation/deflation. The exact same performance (not even considering the different standards) get vastly different grades. Not a problem when ADs take actually look at the classes and grading scale and recalculate -- but not all schools do that given the volume of applications they get these days and many use an AI cut.

This is where you are applying heavily to the schools that your counselor says "know your school." But not all schools do, no matter where you go. So you need to follow the counselor's lead and hope you land at a good fit. Also remember that the schools ranked even in the low 100s are excellent and produce leaders. Strong kids can get an excellent education and succeed anywhere.[/quote]

This is very confusing and I think I'd rather not know this much. I do know that in my kid's AP calculus BC class there were NO As (of any variety) given in the first quarter and quite a few Cs. 🤪 (announced by the teacher) The tests have gotten harder and grades have gone down. [/quote]

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