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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous board = lying[/quote]
No, I don't think so. There is nothing to gain from posting fake info on an anonymous board. Instead, it's selection bias. People who are more focused on the education of their kids to the point of posting on a forum like this is likely to have kids that do better than average.

There is also the factor that people tend to post the highlights of their life, and not share the things they are not particularly excited about, even if they do care about it.

Yet another point is that I am under the impression that grade inflation is a serious issue. My kid has so called impressive stats, but it seems most of his friends also have impressive stats. One kid has a 3.7 and 1400 SAT and was described as a very average kid. Back in my day, that was a pretty strong student. For reference, I was average, graduating with a 3.1 and had a 1200 SAT. I went to University of Maryland.[/quote]

I don't think so either. I know too many people in real life whose kids are just doing that well. They really are. I am shocked by the norm in getting an SAT score of 1300/1400/1500 these days. Back in the 80s it wasn't quite as normal even in my small private school with lots of high achieving students who went on to selective schools.  [/quote]

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