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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
But it does reveal something about high school grade inflation.
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This is what I was thinking. I went to an incredibly competitive high school, but when I say "competitive" I guess I mean that the academics should be extremely rigorous and students must "compete" against themselves and the standards in order to achieve a 4.0. When half the school gets a 4.0, I'd say the school isn't doing a very good job at challenging its students. If it's truly as excellent a school as you say, any college its students apply to will know it, and they will take that into consideration when judging your son/daughter; I know my college knew about the schools in my district, even though I'm up in Washington and my school was in California.
And by the way, universities do not use weighted GPAs in admissions; they look at the AP and advanced classes a student has taken, but they weigh them just as other classes in terms of GPA. As others have said, not every high school weights GPAs or has AP classes. Colleges still see 4.0s as being the top of the ladder.
And to the person who said that they were considering whether to send their child to a competitive school or a place where they will have an easy time skating past their peers, I hope anyone in your situation chooses the former. THAT is the best way to prepare him/her for college and the workplace, and it would be a shame to stunt their learning just so they can get into a particular college. I wasn't even in the top 25% of my graduating class, but I know I was much better prepared for college thanks to my classmates that forced me to work my tail off.
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