quote:Originally posted by leftyshortstop:
Some schools give automatic money based on plain vanilla GPA. These schools may be trying to boost there stats for ratings purposes or create a discount for a segment of kids. However, grade inflation is looked on VERY negatively in college admissions. A kid with a 3.8 GPA that is in the second quartile of his class reflects poorly on the competitiveness of the HS. This is why many HS are not releasing class ranks anymore. Too many kids with too high a GPA. That HS rep may not be what you think it is. It should be noted that strength of schedule is often viewed more critically than GPA.
Definitely not true in this case, my friend!
Our High School has a very high Asian and Indian enrollment.(There are 2 major hospitals in the district and another one nearby)
We had 2 kids from this class get perfect ACT's and another a perfect SAT.
96% of the students attend college.
The top 10 in the class attended:
1 MIT, 2 Stanford, 4 Washington University, 1 George Washington, 1 Harvard and 1 to some University in China.
My Son graduated in 3 1/2 years from college, so we did reap some benefit, but still, the caliber of the High School did negatively affect the scholarship money available.
Also, I was wrong on the class size. I said it was just under 400. It was actually 297. My Son was tied for #82.