Grade Deflation?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Ok so I have good grades and all and I wanna go to top schools like HYPSM...
But my UW GPA isn't competitive. By the time I graduate high school my UW GPA will be maybe a little above a 3.7 ... MAYBE. But my weighted GPA is 4.35 and prolly will be close to 4.4 by the time I graduate. Is this grade deflation or do i just suck? And Im also in the top 3% of my class.</p>

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<p>They look at you in the context of your school. If top 3% of your school is HYPSM material, then your GPA is competitive, even if the raw number is lower than what HYPSM material might be at another school.</p>

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<p>^Correct</p>

<p>If you’re in your school’s top 3% or 5% ish, then they’ll take that into consideration.</p>

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<p>I think the top 10% of our graduating class (2011) is HYPSM material, but the rest of the school is meh, what do they do about that?</p>

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<p>it really depends on your school.</p>

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<p>“I think the top 10% of our graduating class (2011) is HYPSM material, but the rest of the school is meh, what do they do about that?”</p>

<p>If 10% of your school goes to HYPSM usually, then don’t expect that to change dramatically from year to year. If you’re top 15% you’re probably competitive for HYPSM then. Other than that, what’s your question?</p>

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<p>I am projecting similarish numbers. If anything I feel like a lot of our classes have some inflation but I have no idea</p>