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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with unhooked kids in private, I pray this continues a few more years! But tides can turn. Private might be viewed as privileged and unattractive at any second. For now, I agree with you and can’t believe the results I’m seeing on instagram. [/quote]

It WAS viewed as the past few cycles.  Now colleges are upset by the quality of TO, grade inflated HS kids and going back to old school. [/quote]

1. [b] Our public fcps HS does not grade inflate.[/b]

2. Your entire comment is just your made up guesses.
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Re-takes? Multiple bites/tries to raise grade ? Lack of pop quizzes? Hard deadlines? We left a FCPS Hs and all of that was there. Private was much more rigorous. [/quote]

Yes, get back to me when your FCPS school:

-marks every late assignment as a zero (no late work accepted, ever)
-never allows retakes or test corrections
-gives frequent pop quizzes
-has teachers who don't give As on principal or give a single A in a class of 20 kids
-has an average GPA of 3.5 but an average SAT is 1500+
-has students who routinely to get a B in a class but a 5 on the AP exam. 
-doesn't average quarters or semesters by letter grades but by numerical average. [/quote]

Our non-DMV public does all that above. A late assignment is an automatic 0. It's quite strict and never once would our kids entertain the idea of asking a teacher about a late assignment or a retake. Grades have strict cutoffs. I actually felt the private that we left in 8th was more subjective in grading style. I have many friends with kids in high schools in various privates and publics. One family shared that they felt their private supported the "top" students more and that was determined by performance freshman year. Their kid did fine with admissions but they're also headed to a place that many kids in our public school also gained admission. I fully expect private schools to have better admissions bc of legacy, wealth, connections, and the kids are all going to be more academically driven. But I don't see them any different from the top quarter of our public school seniors who are headed to a wide range of colleges, including Ivies. [/quote]

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