The private school across town handles things differently. Every school in the US is different. There’s a entire thread created by @nucities about grade differences between schools:
Being new to CC I’m reading through old acceptance threads, both this years and last years. There are two things that surprise me. One is how many highly qualified kids get rejected to schools that I would assume would admit them. The other is how many kids have UW 4.0 GPAs. I’m sure CC is likely a cross section of parents and kids who are more invested in academics etc but it’s still surprising. At my son’s school of 2300 (550-600 per class) perhaps the top 5-10 kids in his class have GPAs that high, perhaps fewer.
Are 4.0 UW GPAs more common at other schools? Maybe I’m reading into some of this too much.