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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm not really getting your whole point, to be honest…no one said that they kids who are taking non-AP/IB classes and working hard in other ways aren't smart and worth a lot, but that doesn't justify you putting down the kids who take the AP/IB route. There is no need to put down some for the sake of others. And, yes, I agree about the difficulties of getting into UVA for kids in No VA, but there are 11 public universities in Virginia that are good and kids get a great education. Again, why would you put down kids who go to the other public universities? Virginia residents are so lucky to have so many public options! Just ask people in surrounding states who do not have the list of public options (i.e. Washington, DC which has no public option!!).[/quote]

Did you read the article, past point #1 that all grades are not created equal? Just because AP classes inflate kids GPAs ... SAT scores remain flat.

The point about UVA is if all colleges cared about was "rigor" and GPA then UVA would most have kids from nova, but it doesn't, why... Because colleges care about so many other factors than GPA and rigor. GPA is subjective.[/quote]

Do we know that the GPAs being compared in the article are weighted--that is, that they give greater weight to AP classes? I would hope that any analysis of GPAs over time controls for AP classes. Otherwise, the comparison is meaningless. The author of the article is using the relationship between GPA and SAT scores over time not to make the point that AP classes inflate GPAs, but rather to make the point that rising GPAs are likely due to grading in ALL classes getting easier.

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What the article is saying is that .. [quote]All that said, admissions officers generally believe that if you have a good GPA in high school, you'll probably have a good GPA in college.[/quote]

The idea that your specific school is know to be more rigorous is silly. They know that GPA's are not only subjective from school to school but from teacher to teacher, so if a child generally has a good GPA they will be fine.[/quote]

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