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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After ten years of looking at this, I don't think  big state schools really care enough to really be "aware" of this.  3.7 is a great gpa at the DMV top privates but it still looks shabby compared to the number of 4.3+ floating around from public schools.  And there is nothing wrong with the way publics grade - it is just different.  But sometimes its just easier to rely on the fact that 4.3 is higher than 3.7.[/quote]

Lots of top colleges dont care about Wash dC private schools, their grade deflation or their Go Deep /Don’t cover much mantras. Plus the weeks of social agenda classes on the transcript. [/quote]

These are completely different scales. Colleges convert all gpas to a common scale in order to compare. A 4.3 on a 5 pt scale is actually lower than a 3.7 on a 4pt scale. Isn’t anyone else tired of all the hyperbole.[/quote]

Subjective grading and hyperbole is all that’s left if you’re not sitting for AP tests or submitting ACT or SAT scores. [/quote]

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