Class of 2017 - March and April Acceptance Rates

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First, she is searching for a high school whose transcript reports only the letter grade on a grading scale with an “A” being designated as a 95% or above.

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<p>I don’t see how the percentage scale is in any way relevant. My oldest son went to a school that converted from a 95% scale to a 90% scales. The teachers just gave harder tests or eliminated extra credit or otherwise made adjustments that kept the A-B-C ratios about the same as before.</p>

[bharpaz]

<p>i don’t really see why the rate is all that significant. Cornell has 15,000 undergrads, princeton as 5,000. of course their acceptance rate is higher. And since every kid applies to 12 schools now, number of apps is going to be higher than in past years.</p>