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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take 14 AP classes? Same GPA/WPGA as a kid who takes 14 honors classes. Earn grades between 94 and 100 every single quarter in every single class in high school? Same GPA as a kid who gets 79.5 and 89.5 in their quarterly grades. I know colleges evaluate rigor, but if that 79.5/89.5 kid takes the same classes as my kid their rigor is identical.[/quote]
I thought some colleges used their own formulas to do their own GPA calculations, instead of relying on schools' numbers.  I don't know how many colleges do this.  [/quote]

The moderate to highly competitive schools know mcps and they have the individual school’s profile. They redo GPA themselves.  OP is bitter about something but doesn’t understand the way it works. My senior seems to be having a relatively mild year in terms of workload (3APs and one IB) but the first three years were very rigorous and not every teacher inflates grades. He worked very hard and is going to a T20 SLAC.

I don’t think kids with 79.5 averages are getting the same grades as kids with 95 averages. That seems suspect.

Kids taking AP classes are getting more “credit” from admissions officers than those in honors or on level.

You think MIT can’t figure this out? [/quote]

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