Grade Deflation/Individual Class rankings

Applying to College
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<p>Hello,
I have a question about how the colleges will know what my grade means, as in my class grade like Physics or something.
I have a 92 in Physics and it is the highest grade in the class by quite a few points, at least three.
I have been told by a college counselor (not from my school) that at his school, they would send little graphs showing the grade distribution for the class. I was told that I could ask my college counselor to give me all the materials that they send to the colleges and that would be included. </p>

<p>I asked my counselor for all the materials they give the colleges and I all received was one sheet of paper. The only information there is that the highest GPA in the class is a 95, but I think that there is a wide gap between that and the next grade.</p>

<p>My school does not rank, so is there any way that my colleges will know that a 92 is the highest, UW grade in the physics class.</p>

<p>Will they only see the 92? Or will they somehow, magically, know the circumstances of the grade?
What does this say about high schools that pursue grade deflation? Are they destined to go to worse colleges?</p>

<p>Thank you,
Charlie</p>

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<p>you act like a 92 is a bad grade.</p>

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<p>My God… get a life.</p>

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<p>Gryffon, congratulations on getting into Yale. You must be on a high and want that high to continue if you are still lurking around CC. As a Yale graduate, let me warn you that next September you will have to make the transition from extraordinary high school star to ordinary college student, and you will be stuck in New Haven.</p>

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<p>lol, Gryffowned</p>

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<p>Thank you searchlight for coming to my aid, but as to the question I would like to bump this.
A 92 is a great grade, but not one that would be associated with the top grade in the class by far.
Especially when I will probably be the only one in my grade applying to a certain school, they won’t be able to see the grade distribution in their own applicant pool.
If this is the case, why would anybody deflate grades? My school also has a bad reputation from many schools, so maybe they dont see grade deflation; maybe they see bad students.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Charlie</p>