How bad are B's?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Well, if I remember correctly, the average GPA of American high school graduates is about a 3.1, which is between a B and a B+. Quite high for a nation that consistently ranks in the bottom when compared to other developed nations, in my opinion anyways. </p>

<p>Now, the average for college-bound graduates is a 3.4, which is a little higher than a B+. So yes, not only does a B (a 3.0) put you below average when compared to college-bound students, but you are also below average when compared to the national average. This equals about almost half As along with half Bs.</p>

<p>And from what I’ve heard, the same thing is happening in the college level, where despite the fact that overall study hours have been slashed in half, the average GPA has risen by almost one whole point.</p>

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<p>A C-average student would have a 2.0 unweighted GPA, possibly a little higher or lower if they got a few Bs or Ds. Without grade inflation that would be averageish, but with grade inflation it’s well below average.
I’m definitely not saying a C student can’t be successful, or that they can’t go to a good non-selective college. All I’m saying is that they can’t get into <em>selective</em> colleges (which are a minority among colleges) very easily, and that’s what people on this website tend to be trying to do, so I don’t think “at least you’re better than average” is a very helpful comment.</p>

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<p>@ach where did you find that info. I mean like America have a failing grade in education and majority of my schoolmates surely get lower than a 3.0</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/04/19/average-high-school-gpas-increased-since-1990”>http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/04/19/average-high-school-gpas-increased-since-1990&lt;/a&gt; - From the Department of Education, the overall GPA of all graduating high school students, both college-bound and non-college bound seem to have been around a 3.0 about four years ago, and it likely is higher if the grades are still inflating.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/issues.pdf”>http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/issues.pdf&lt;/a&gt; - From the ACT, the average GPA of the student with a score of 21, the average ACT score, was around a 3.35. Since this data is about a decade old, the mean grade has likely bounced up.</p>

<p><a href=“Programme for International Student Assessment - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment&lt;/a&gt; - From PISA. I would not say that U.S. students are failing, it just seems that the average of a B+ seems a little too high despite the fact that American students are frequently out-scored by several nations in East Asia, Oceania, and Western Europe. </p>

<p>And I wouldn’t say that the 3.0 average is true for all schools, since rigor and difficulty tends to vary from school to school.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys, this is encouraging. Well some of it haha.</p>

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<p>“Thank you guys, this is encouraging.”</p>

<p>I don’t know if anyone’s ever said that on this website before.</p>

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<p>You’re screwed. You’ll never go to a good college. Kill yourself now.</p>

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<p>“You’re screwed. You’ll never go to a good college. Kill yourself now.”</p>

<p>Lol, this should be added to the bottom of the CC logo at the top of the page.</p>

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<p>Well I did say some of it</p>

<p>“You’re screwed. You’ll never go to a good college. Kill yourself now.”</p>

<p>Thanks for the info I’ll get on that asap. Does anyone on this site ever try to be helpful? I didn’t think this question was irrational or anything.</p>

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<p>lol yes but this is an opinionated driven website and everyones identity is anonymous. So just remember that!!! And you question was not unreasonable!</p>