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[quote=Anonymous]In districts where 10% of students get 4.0s, and about 50% of students have GPAs higher than 3.3, a 97% percentile student is underachieving, statistically.

The question is why?  If the student has a difficult home situation or if the student has other, valid priorities than school then it may not be a problem.

For example, I know someone who was very smart but painfully shy in middle school.  Somehow as he started his freshman year, he found a girlfriend who was very outgoing but didn't get the greatest grades.

No one who knew either could understand how they found each other.  Over HS they spent just about every waking minute together.  When they graduated both were very different people.

She was salutatorian, and while few who knew him in MS could believe it, he was senior class president.  He graduated with the proverbial 3.3 and 97+% test scores.

If you asked her, she would tell you that he tutored her through HS.  If you asked him, he would say that she basically helped him become a human being and a leader.

They didn't end up at the same college but he got straight As and is now a chaired professor. (Yes, they are still married) He used HS to build up his weaknesses so that in college and beyond, his strengths could shine.

On the other hand, if the student isn't really making any progress in any area, they are underachieving.  An important thing to remember is that underachieving isn't inherently bad.

Many people look back at their lives and can see cycles of years with more effort and years with less where they figured out what they wanted to work hard at in their next cycle of hard work.[/quote]

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