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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only rule about grade inflation is that it’s happening at every school but your own kid’s. [/quote]

What on earth else do you call it when over 50% of a graduating class has above a 4.0 and there are literally hundreds of valedictorians? I’m asking seriously. Do you think that is NOT grade inflation somehow? What else could it be?[/quote]

Which school?  [/quote]

Does it matter? Can you answer the question asked? What do you call it when a significant portion of the graduating class is above a 4.0? Is it not grade inflation? What else do you call that?[/quote]

I’d call it a weighted GPA, actually. I’d reserve “grade inflation” for when the school curves to an A- instead of a B. Conflating these two things is leading you into a lot of analytic confusion.[/quote]

Wow. That’s some insane rationalization. You’ll tell yourself anything, I guess. [/quote]

The terms “weighted GPA” and “unweighted GPA” are widely used in the college admissions.[/quote]

Yes, but unfortunately you don’t seem to understand how that works. [/quote]

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