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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the same about Deal when so many posted about their kids having 4.0s to even apply to Walls. I suspect its a national issue as teachers know how impactful grades are to college admissions.

A 3.5 used to be a really good GPA and now it's treated like a C average.[/quote]

I agree. This a national issue driven by colleges. No one is getting an “A” in DCPS based on 50s and 63s alone. Those policies raise graduation rates; they don’t give anyone a weighted GPA over 4.0.

Before you try to get DCPS to unilaterally disarm, take a good look at what happened in college admissions this year to unhooked smart kids from private schools that tried unilateral disarmament.[/quote]

BUT...won't this bite colleges in the butt? If the applicant pool is watered down with kids who aren't used to working hard, it doesn't seem like this is in the schools' best interest. I know people complain about millennials not liking to work hard, seems this next generation will be even worse. [/quote]

It does not appear that colleges are particularly concerned about this. [/quote]

Getting into a top college is not the primary goal.  The goal is to prepare your kid to be able to handle the work and rigor of college.

Reality is top colleges don’t care, because there will always be alot if kids coming from better schools with the rigor and academic challenge.  The issue is yourkid from walls will struggle against these kids and it will be sink or swim[/quote]

You assume a kid from Walls will struggle because they got all As at Walls? Is there a higher grade they could have gotten?
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