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[VandalSquirrel]

So what's the scoop on grade inflation and if there are effects on this 10% rule?

[epchick]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

So what's the scoop on grade inflation and if there are effects on this 10% rule?

The Top 10% rule is a rule that every school has, and they rank the students from highest GPA to lowest GPA and thus get the Top 10% of the school. Like in my school, the Top 10% was 29 students.

IDK if this is what you mean, but AP classes greatly affect your GPA. For every Pre-AP class you take, you add 8 points to your final grade. And for every AP class you take, you add 10 points. For example, I didn't take Pre-AP Geometry or AP Chemistry, while the rest of my friends did. So it didn't matter that I maintained a grade of '100' for the entire year. My friend L, ended up with a 96 in AP Chemistry, but it became a 106 b/c of the AP points.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by epchick

The Top 10% rule is a rule that every school has, and they rank the students from highest GPA to lowest GPA and thus get the Top 10% of the school. Like in my school, the Top 10% was 29 students.

IDK if this is what you mean, but AP classes greatly affect your GPA. For every Pre-AP class you take, you add 8 points to your final grade. And for every AP class you take, you add 10 points. For example, I didn't take Pre-AP Geometry or AP Chemistry, while the rest of my friends did. So it didn't matter that I maintained a grade of '100' for the entire year. My friend L, ended up with a 96 in AP Chemistry, but it became a 106 b/c of the AP points.

Somewhat, what if a school doesn't offer AP classes because it doesn't have the money or students to support it? Also I'm thinking of the "everyone gets a trophy (A) because everyone is a winner and if we don't have a bunch of winners we look bad" which we all know happens.