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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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It really depends on the high school. There are over 27,000 high schools in the U.S., and they all grade differently and all have different academic standards. Even every teacher within a school is differnt. Some give brownnosing pets an easy A, while others do the opposite. You really can't judge anything from a GPA.[/quote]

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