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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half of the graduating seniors at our public school have all As.  Most have taken the exact same classes.  [b]Now you have hundreds of kids from even one school with the same academic credentials. [/b]

I worry that this will lead to unbelievable pressure on kids to perform on extracurriculars.   They'll need to do all sorts of extra research, volunteering, etc. 
They'll have to invent things, play instruments from birth (a little late for that), play travel sports 24/7, etc. 
That is if they're not
-first generation minorities
-wealthy donors

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There is something wrong with your school if 50% of the graduating class has straight As. Giving out easy As is part of the problem. All these people who claim they have a 4.?? whatever are joke. It means nothing coming from a public school that hands out As like participation medals. Many colleges are aware of this which will make not having a standardized test difficult for truly successful and deserving kids from these schools stand out.[/quote]

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