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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I graduated high school in Senegal my final.GPA was 11/20 which is equivalent to a C in the US system. I obtained a HS diploma called Baccalaureate C (math and physics specialization). I got rejected by so many schools. Luckily and miraculously BYU admitted me. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Physics.

I don't know how kids in this country have As after As. I struggled so much in HS. My final Baccalaureate exam which I barely passed consisted of a 4 hrs exam in both math and physics, the equivalent of Calc 1 & 2 and Physics 1 & 2. I never had any exams closed to the difficulties of the tests I took in HS.

I wish other countries had a system similar to the US where kids can have As to boost their confidence. Instead most of us end up depressed and think we are incapable. But then I come to this forum and found that a B is bad performance lol.

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Everything is a mess right now. Grade inflation was on the rise before the pandemic, but then lots of kids learned to cheat their way to As. Some kids can genuinely earn all As, but for most smart kids, As and a few Bs used to be the norm. Now, they'll whine their way to straight As because they're competing against so many other kids with straight As. [/quote]

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