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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is why high schools send school profiles to colleges so they can see what the average GPA is for students at that particular school.

I prefer private school grading because there is almost always room for improvement. In public schools, meeting the standard gets you an A so there's no motivation to work harder than that. That's why the GPAs are so much higher in public schools. The students met the standard and got an A but their work is not what many would consider A work. Meeting the standard used to be a B or C years ago. [/quote]

This is SUCH a cope & a completely delusional take.

It doesn't matter at ALL. You are delusional if you think they take that into consideration. ALL schools care about is inflating their OWN numbers for college board reportings. They will 100 percent always accept the student with a 4.5 GPA from some rando public school over the student with a 3.4 GPA from a rigorous private school. It's ALL about the numbers. Same goes for law school. No one cares how "rigorous" your school is[/quote]

This is true. I recently spoke with the former admissions director from Brown. They told me that in the past decade they've shifted emphasis away from the SAT and onto GPA for "equity" reasons. Kids at "elite" private high schools are given no breaks because they are perceived as "privileged." Your 3.4 GPA kid at NCS/STA stands no chance against the 4.5 GPA kid from the local public school, even though your kid could probably run circles around them academically.

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What about 3.7, 3.8?  [/quote]

Any T50 school requires high school ranking in the top 25%.
Any T30 school requires high school ranking in the top 10%.
Any T10 school requires high school ranking in the top  2%.
If 3.7, 3.8 places a student in the top 50%, you are not looking good.
Nowadays private high schools have insane grade inflation, so 3.7, 3.8 barely gets you in the top 25% (more like top 50%).
Plan your college application accordingly.  [/quote]

Top private schools have grade deflation. There are no retests like public schools and the course work esp for top curriculum is harder than most colleges. Parents are starting to move their kids to easier privates that may not have retests but at least easier curriculum. [/quote]

The hardworking kids who should be getting As get put into buckets very early in their high school careers and it's very difficult to get moved out of them. These schools identify their very top students very early on, then give them every advantage and opportunity to stand out. Do not kid yourselves if you think this isn't happening.[/quote]

This!!

If your kid is not considered top, the faculty meet before the grades are out.  
They will artificially pull your grade to B+ in order to make the top student stand out, even if you work is A work that year.
There is nothing you can do about it unless you are identified as the top student.  [/quote]

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