@VickiSoCal I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. If students with a 4.58 GPA and 34 ACT are not in the top 10% of their class, there is serious grade inflation happening. You mentioned that 20 students from your D’s school are going to UCLA and Berkeley, but that # does not necessarily include the entire top ten % of the graduating class ( size or class?). My HS is very competitive, with a high degree of grade deflation, and from my school only the top ten % were admitted to upper and mid tier UC’s.