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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought all of the colleges knew about and respected the rigor of the big 3.  Or are publics getting more rigorous and now colleges believe they are comparing apples to apples?[/quote]

I think the opposite is true but the GPA gap is so large now that it's hard for admissions officers to ignore. 
Entire districts (i.e. DCPS) gave nothing less than a B in 19-20 and 20-21 years for any student who turned in a single assignment. So the current seniors had all As and Bs District-wide in their freshman and sophomore years.  Plus all core classes (for every student) are "honors-for-all" so start with a GPA of 4.5.  This years's senior class has hundreds of kids with GPAs between a 4.5 and a 5.0.  
It's hard to compare a 3.2 against a 4.8 even if in theory the admissions team knows the 4.8 is inflated. 
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Your description of DCPS is inaccurate for 2020 and 2021. DCPS didn’t give out anything less than a 50 for students that didn’t turn anything in. For students that attempted to turn in assignment or take a test, they were given anything less than a 67. Not a B. Still many of Cs and Ds to be had in DCPS.[/quote]

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