I checked this info along with the general info before I commented back. I do have to say though that the top UC admissions from that public school are interesting and seem pretty random on the surface. I suspect that the results effectively illustrate that each UC campus evaluates admissions according to their own priorities.
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Our public charter HS definitely does not do grade inflation. I am indifferent to other HS’s doing it, though. It doesn’t help the student at all. Some students end up at college with a strong dose of reality when they realize they can’t coast their way to an A in a class.
I think that a little bit of academic struggle & challenge is worthwhile for students in middle & high school. Helps you develop a sense of resiliency. Learning how to fail. How to get back on the horse and try again.
If you’ve always succeeded, always gotten straight A’s, what happens later on when you eventually DO run into a road block and you’re not the academic super star anymore? Some students kind of have a mental breakdown and have to take a medical leave for awhile from college.
And if a big part of your self-identity is one of “I’m the smart kid, the kid who gets straight A’s,” and then you run into some adversity where it’s now harder than it was before, that can be really challenging to cope with for some students.
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