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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
Students at private schools may have more financial pressure due to the extra tuition, so they need to have better grades to keep scholarships and graduate on time.
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I agree. Private schools can have more money to give in terms of financial aid, that can be more attractive to high achievers. I was a poor kid at a private school and went there because it was cheaper and I wasn't alone in that. Achievement is a habit.
" Admissions officers are fooled by private school students' especially inflated grades."
Really? A bunch of professors are so simple that they can't take differences between grading between college? The same argument can be made for undergraduate admissions since all high schools aren't created equal.
"Relatively lower grades in the sciences discourage American students from studying such disciplines, the authors argue."
Differences in GPA is a pretty big leap to make for Americans not wanting to study the sciences.
ETA: NY Times Article:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...college&st=cse
The study
http://www.gradeinflation.com/tcr2010grading.pdf
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