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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think private parents underestimate how strong public kids can be and there are so many of them with perfect GPA, perfect test score, tons of ECs...etc. Free education doesn't mean they are somehow less qualified than private kids. [/quote]

OP here.  No, I don't underestimate this at all.  I've had a kid graduate from public school (and another one in public now) and know just how impressive kids from public can be.  
This isn't a post comparing the worth of public vs. private school kids when it comes to getting decent college spots.  
Please don't turn this into a private vs. public fight because it isn't meant to be that at all.

Simply, I'm just wondering how grade deflation is playing out in admissions at the Big3 in 2023.  My kid's school does not give As in many classes.  There is crazy grade deflation.  
She has been in multiple classes where under 3 As (of any type) are given out of 15 kids.  Meanwhile these kids have 1500+ SATs (so they're bright kids). But they can't crack the A level at school. 
Anyway, I have another (current kid in public) who has a 4.5 (at last check).  Covid was really good for public school GPAs (for most kids).  GPAs are higher than ever. 
The contrast to the top 3-4 privates is now HUGE.

Also because the admissions results (so far at our school) seem to be really TERRIBLE.  They're bad in comparison to other privates (that don't grade deflate as much) and to the top kids in public. So it appears that 
admissions officers are taking pass on the Bs and Cs :(

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Sounds like you should take it up with the school/teachers as that is absurd.[/quote]

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