<p>I've always known that there was a lot of grade inflation at my school, but I had no idea it was this bad... it was recently announced that our senior class has 45 valedictorians (4.0 unweighted GPAs). Our graduating class has right around 400 people in it.</p>
<p>It makes sense that there is inflation- our school is a "magnet" school in that it brings in all the students from the distict gifted program, but it is also an inner-city school. Thus grading must be very easy or most kids will fail, but as a result it is very easy for many of the kids to get all As. But still, the fact that over 10% of our graduating class never got one B seems a little absurd. I also wonder about what college admissions officers will think about that when they see it...</p>
<p>Does anyone else's school have inflation this bad? Also, what are everyone's thoughts on grade inflation in general?</p>
<p>Oh my goodness.. 45 valedictorians? Holy guacamole! My school only has four valedictorians, however, there is quite a bit of grade inflation at my school as well; it seems it is fairly easy for a student to obtain a 4.0 UW. Personally, I think grade inflation tends to degrade the effort that a student puts into his/her scholastic achievements- if everyone obtains an A in a class, then is the A really worth very much? However, if someone works assiduously to achieve that A, then it would be much more valued.</p>
<p>grade inflation is absolutely horrific at my school. We have honor roll for anyone who has a weighted 4.0 or above, which is a GPA you can get even if you have about four Bs (or a couple Bs and a C), as long as they're in honors classes. Anyway, a full 1/3 of my class is on 4.0 honor roll. and another 1/3 is on 3.5-3.9 honor roll. That means only 1/3 of the class is carrying a weighted GPA lower than 3.5. Insane, completely insane.</p>
<p>wow thats crazy!! my school in japan had grade deflations, which is just as bad. for example, only 5 people could get A<code>s, only 10 people can get B</code> s.... so on. it was crazy.</p>
<p>We go by numerical grades. One valedictorian, one salutatorian, one everything else, unless one just happens to have the identical average as the other. We have weighted grades though.</p>
<p>No one at my school (or my grade) has 4.0 uw. That is VERY sad. japstudent12 -- my school's worse. Our bio teacher graduated from Stanford, and the highest grades she gives on formal lab reports and projects are either 89% or below. Which means you need 100% hw to "barely make it" to an A which is 93%.</p>
<p>We have the opposite in my college, to get a first class honours grade (the top grade, equivalent to an A) you need 70%. The pass mark is 40%. For American junior year abroad students my college will give a 4.0 GPA for a 70% average.</p>
<p>that is crazy. In our school we have only one valedictorian although there are few people with UW4.0. We consider APs too. Doesn't your school compare UW and W when choosing valedictorian(s)?</p>
<p>Grade inflation is pretty bad at my school. I don't know the exact number but there are at least 20 people with a 4.0uw (public school class of 386). We have this corny annual awards ceremony for kids who got 3.9w or higher, and about a third of our class gets invited. </p>
<p>What winds up happening with our class that close together is, students begin rabidly competing to see who can take the most APs/honors and keep their straight A's. To stay in the top 10 in rank, you have to be taking at least 4-5 APs junior and senior year and get straight A's in everything. </p>