Anonymous
06/16/2025 17:24
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe not the worst, but it’s a real thing at Visi.
Truth. DD got a 5 on AP Lang test but a B- on report card.
Did your kid do all of the homework in a timely and accurate manner? Worked well in groups? Participated in class? (Attended class?)
Your kid's AP language test score does not necessarily correlate to the day-to-day performance in the classroom.
It's a good thing the teacher didn't teach to the test.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 16:50
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
LOL. They had them. Or they blew them off.Anonymous wrote:Retakes? Not once did any of my boys get to have a retake. It sure would have helped though.Anonymous wrote:My kid at St Anselm’s had straight A’s even in classes that at one point he was “struggling” in. Super easy to boost your grade with retakes, corrections, completion assignments.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 12:34
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:My kid at St Anselm’s had straight A’s even in classes that at one point he was “struggling” in. Super easy to boost your grade with retakes, corrections, completion assignments.
Retakes? Not once did any of my boys get to have a retake. It sure would have helped though.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 12:18
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
NCS English is much harder than STA--I've had seniors at both within the past 3 years. I don't know about Sidwell.
I have two Sidwell US children. English is an absolute BEAST at Sidwell (especially junior year)! The English classes are often taught like upper level college seminars, and the grading is too subjective. This isn’t sour grapes. Both of my children have earned a mix of A/A- grades only, over the course of high school. However, they have worked like pack mules in their English classes, and they have the sleep deprivation and stress levels to prove it.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 11:10
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
NCS English is much harder than STA--I've had seniors at both within the past 3 years. I don't know about Sidwell.
I think you mean that STA English courses are much easier than NCS English classes.
Anonymous
06/16/2025 10:55
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
There's so much wrong in this post it's hard to know where to start. It's like Karoline Leavitt posting on DCUM.Anonymous wrote:The previous post is snarky and unkind.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 21:01
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
NCS English is much harder than STA--I've had seniors at both within the past 3 years. I don't know about Sidwell.
Depends on the teachers. Not an across the board truth.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 18:19
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
Very sad.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 18:15
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
NCS English is much harder than STA--I've had seniors at both within the past 3 years. I don't know about Sidwell.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 18:15
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Because they could be even more aware. It's not hard to understand.
It’s hard to understand people sending their kids to these private schools and complaining about it.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 17:53
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
The previous post is snarky and unkind.
However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.
It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.
Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.
If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 17:46
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Maybe not the worst, but it’s a real thing at Visi.
Truth. DD got a 5 on AP Lang test but a B- on report card.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 17:32
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.
And yes college admissions counselors are aware.
LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 16:48
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Because they could be even more aware. It's not hard to understand.
Anonymous
06/15/2025 16:46
Subject: Which high schools have the worst grade deflation?
Anonymous wrote:Do their matriculation outcomes suggest to you that colleges are unaware?
The perennial whining on this board by parents of students at these schools would suggest colleges are unaware.
If colleges are aware, why do parents complain so much about grade deflation? Why would it matter?