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[quote=Anonymous]The valedictorian of my high school class went on to U Chicago; he didn't have an unweighted 4.0. Neither, obviously, did the lower-ranked students who attended Duck, UPenn, Swarthmore , Brown and other top schools that I've now forgotten.

Similarly, our valedictorian had a 1500 SAT, the highest in our class.

All of that is table stakes today. My son has a 4.0/1500 and it guarantees him nothing.

But here's the problem: when the top end of the GPA/SAT distribution is capped off through grade inflation, GPA/SAT are no longer meaningful signals for admissions officers and so they have to rely on other factors, extracurriculars, essays, and so forth.

This is SO harmful in my view: first, kids have to spend so much time chasing these activities outside of class that they can't just be kids anymore. And second, it increases their stress levels, because their chances of admission are dictated by subjective factors. We try to tell them that college admissions isn't a judgment on their worth as a human being, but when admissions are decided by all these subjective factors about yourself then to a large degree colleges ARE judging your worth as a human being rather than your achievement as a student.

Get rid of GPA/SAT inflation and life becomes simpler for students.

[quote=Anonymous]Grade inflation is making a high GPA less impressive.[/quote][/quote]

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