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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Auburn EA averages 4.21? fml [/quote]

Remember grades are REALLY inflated.

My kid is in DCPS and for 18 months the entire school district did not give a grade lower than a B.  (all C's and below were converted to "P"s which are not calculated into GPAs). 
Then, if you signed your name on the papers, you got an A.  The standards for As were ridiculously low.  In quarters 3 and 4 of 20-21 all work was considered extra-credit.  My son 
and all his friends ended up with 300% in most classes.

This graduating class is screwed because so many kids have unusually high GPAs.  The pool of high GPAs is much higher than usual. [/quote]

This is so unfair. We live in an ordinary suburb (not DC) where kids have gotten real work and real grades ALL throughout the pandemic. My kids have As, Bs, and Cs on their report cards. SO FRUSTRATING. [/quote]

Don't you understand, they are BETTER off. They got real work and that means real education.

Please see how warped your perspective is. You do not attend school for a GPA, you attend school to learn. Your kids were BETTER OFF.  And the grades they received, they earned.[/quote]

In Montgomery County, kids got real grades. My DD (usually all As) got Bs, Cs and even a D in the first semester of the pandemic. After she figured things out, she got As and Bs. [/quote]

Agreed. My straight A student got three Bs when he went to on-line. Not saying the sky is falling but it is not true that pandemic inflated everyone’s grades. He does feel screwed by the temporary test optional since he with 1520 SAT is now in same pool with kids sub 1200. I know the SAT helps but in the past that 1170 peer would not get in anywhere over him and now the playing field is even. Maybe it is fair, not here to debate that but either way, sucks timing sucks him trying to get into 25-70 ranked schools. [/quote]

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