So CP is purposely admitting kids from private schools that inflate grades then having to deal with them not being able to succeed at CP? Why would they do that? Competitive colleges take their graduation rates very seriously.
That is pretty much their standard answer. We were in the same boat 3 years ago. My daughter received a rejection about 3 weeks after the admits.
CP has the information. That’s what I said. And problematic is accusing kids who bust their butts at any school of essentially paying their way in.
There is a school for every kid, and there are many good schools to choose from. I personally know of a kid who was a valedictorian in a high ranked high school and wanted to quit SLO after a year. He was not used to seeing Bs and Cs. As long as kids are well rounded, work hard and are good citizens, we have done our job as a parent. Good luck to all those who are waiting to hear from SLO.
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Really seems like they should change this and send acceptances and rejections on the same day. Having to wait for the no seems really rough.
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IMO they won’t. Colleges do not admit kids for failure, especially the well to do from private schools.
Just because a school inflate their grades, it doesn’t mean their graduates will struggle at SLO and get put on AP. On the other hand, big public may have someone stellar in HS but that kid may end up placed on AP.
A casual conversation with a random faculty or counselor isn’t going to yield the kind of detail that will indicate private school grads do worse than public.
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I believe that it should be front page newspaper for that area that that given high school is not up to par, then as a society we have to figure out to get those students the rigorous education they deserve in the public school system. Inflated grades is between the school administrators, parents, and universities…not the kids.
Its not ok for kids to work hard, get great grades, get denied from top universities for inflated grades, which is hidden from the students and families. Its not ok for where you live, to remove the opportunity for hard working students, to be auto denied based on the school. My opinion.
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This is a very different take than saying that private school kids can’t hack it at CP because they are a product of schools that inflate grades.
Please don’t get me wrong. Grade inflation is a real thing. But it happens everywhere and it’s not fair to just call out the privates. We purposely selected our public school for its not so rigorous curriculum and no AP classes.
In fact 1/3 of the students have grades above 4.0. S24 with his 4.5 GPA isn’t even the top student.
But does allow flexible scheduling for activities outside HS, which in our current cycle has worked out well for S24.
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Oops, I’m sorry. I was never trying to say that or meant to say that. That is not my position…at all.
I was trying to say that when a school is only looking at gpa and course rigor, it is hard to really get an idea of what they student is capable of. I am a bit down on the CSU admissions, UC has at least a writing requirement, which adds so much to the process.
Again, I am not saying private school kids can’t hack it. They most certainly can.
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I think this is a very stressful time for everyone and I see the frustration in some of the responses. Private school admissions in the Bay Area is very competitive. Top students from middle schools get admitted to these schools. I can tell you that all of my sons friends are seriously high achieving, high academics, high EC’s and they have earned everything they have. I see my son getting home from sports at 10:00 at night and studying until 1:00 am for tests. These kids take AP classes and get passing scores on their AP exams. To say they are less than public schools because of grade inflation is not fair.
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My kid is at CP so I’m not stressed I just didn’t think singling out private school kids at CP was fair. My kid did go to private school and is doing extremely well at CP. I think generalizations aren’t helpful. All of these kids are probably pretty hard working.
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Quite the opposite lol, the difficulty of a private school is a lot higher than public schools. An A in a public school is about the same as a C+ in a private school. Public schools also allow students to take dozens of AP classes, which is a big part of getting accepted into Cal Poly. At private schools in the Bay Area, you are limited to about 3 AP classes per year, but usually you wouldn’t even be allowed to get into 3. Private school is simply a lot harder and Cal Poly seems to let more public schools in because of their inflated grades and experience in a large school.
Holy sweeping generalization!
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My kid did not get in the first wave at CP this week and assume it is a no. She is accepted at SDSU. We are anxious to get her on the SDSU housing list asap. Does anyone know if accepting at another CS school would hurt her chances of still being considered at CP SLO?
FYI - the timing of when you sign up for housing at SDSU doesn’t matter at all. Everyone is in the same bucket except for honors students on how they get assigned. On campus housing is mandatory for the first two years so everyone will have a spot. That said, don’t wait until the very last minute just in case there are hiccups.
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We are in the community and because of that are not required nor guaranteed housing. It says first come first served for that so that’s why we want to get to it asap.
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There are amazing public schools and amazing private schools. There are less than stellar public schools and less than stellar private schools. Schools that grade inflate and schools that don’t from both types of schools. Great public and private schools up and down this great state of ours. I don’t know why we are going down this road of pitting public vs. private on this forum.
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This is complete nonsense. The opposite is true in our experience. It is very difficult for my children to get an A at their academically rigorous private HS. Yet many of their classmates from their time in public elementary , who struggled academically through 6th, are now 4.8, 4.9 students at the local public HS. Including kids who left our school in 11th because they could not handle the rigor. One student in particular moved to public, enrolled in all APs and is pulling straight As. That is the reality where we live and kids from private school struggle to get into the UCs and competitive CSUs because of the lack of grade inflation.
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Is it true, SLO doesn’t allow RV access to its parking lot?