Legacy sway admissions?

kellyinaurora
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:26:25 +0000

@oldfort

I remember reading somewhere (in the NYS DoE maybe? can’t remember right now) about this issue of grades because of the disparities in grading systems internationally. I suppose an American international school and an American school would be similar, but I can tell you that the difficulty of an Italian high school is far and away greater than your (average) US high school. She is in the classroom 40 hours a week and has homework on top of that. Plus, Italian kids earn a diploma in 5 years in Italy, not 4. There are numerous differences.

My daughter works hard but still struggles, it’s true, partly because of her family sitch, but that’s another story. I worked hard in HS and got into and out of Cornell just fine. Things have gotten a lot harder since then, indeed.

thanks for your input