GPA In Context: A Question...

Applying to College
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<p>So my private school is pretty new (like 14 years old, I think), but in those 14 years, there has been one pretty interesting trend:</p>

<p>NO ONE has graduated with a 4.0 UW GPA. Ever. The unique, non-AP, classical curriculum has stuck many bright, gifted kids with 3.7s and lower. </p>

<p>Until this year, I was gunning for it (straight 94s and above for all three years), and then I got hit with a 92 in Calculus and a 93 in Physics. Now I'm sitting at a 3.98 (which is still currently the highest in school history).</p>

<p>SO, here's my question: will my Secondary School Report give colleges this kind of information? Will adcomms truly judge my GPA within the context of my school????</p>

<p>I'm assuming my counselor will talk about stuff like this in her rec, but I'm not sure.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Your school will make that fact known, and colleges will notice it.</p>

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<p>It doesn't matter, lol. You'll still be the valedictorian, so you'll be the best in context.</p>

<p>And I'm sure your counselor will make it very clear in the "secondary school report".</p>

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<p>since when is anything above a 90 not an A?</p>

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<p>I've heard of a lot of percentage scales with a higher standard in percent terms for a A. But grading is arbitrary anyway, because who decides what's on the syllabus, how stringently student work is evaluated, or what numerical value is assigned to each item of student performance? </p>

<p>Amazon.com:</a> Wad-Ja-Get? the Grading Game in American Education: Howard Kirschenbaum: Books</p>