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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What percentage of kids at public schools in the DMV area graduate with a 4.0? I keep hearing that there is grade inflation at public schools, but it's not the case in our school. Ours has 5% of kids with 4.0.

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People are making sh¡t up. It’s like an urban legend at this point. [/quote]

It’s an excuse people use to explain to themselves how a public school student was admitted to a college that rejected a private school student. 
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Here are the receipts. Yorktown gives a 4.0 for any A. And inexplicably a 3.5 for a B+ (this is all unweighted, they also give extra points for honors etc). It should be a 3.3 for a B+. And Churchill has 62% of the class with a 4.01 or higher.

https://yhs.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2022/09/School-Profle-2022-23.pdf

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/churchillhs/uploadedfiles/careercenter/class20of20202020final20profile.pdf

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I don't think this proves that public schools are easier. All schools gives a 4.0 for an A. Our school gives a 4.0 for all A's and a 3.0 for all Bs. So if you have a 89.9 you get a 3.0.

A B+ should technically be a 3.67.

And I would expect that 62% of Churchill would have a 4.01 or higher on a WEIGHTED scale. Most of the kids are taking honors and AP and 4.01 is not in any way indicative of all As.

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An A- is a 3.67. It’s not a B+ anywhere. And as far as your “3.0” for all B’s - we all know you can retake as many times as you need to get an A. Based on your information we know you aren’t at MCPS, Fairfax, Arlington, or DCPS. What your school is doing isn’t relevant to the discussion.

https://studentservices.stanford.edu/my-academics/evaluations-exams-grades/grades/how-do-i-calculate-my-grade-point-average-gpa

https://infoforfaculty.fas.harvard.edu/book/grade-point-averages#:~:text=The%20Faculty%20of%20Arts%20and,1.00%2C%20D%2D%20%3D%200.67.

https://registrar.virginia.edu/student-records/academic-record

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Which schools allow retaking as many times to get an A? You're correct, we're not in FCPS any more which I am glad about. I think it would be much harder for my kids to do well in FCPS than where we moved to, meaning FCPS is way more rigorous and harder to get As with the AP heavy culture.  We moved out west.

And that was my bad about 3.67 being a B+. It has been eons since I was calculating my GPA in high school. Our current school is flat 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, unweighted. [/quote]

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