@vikiSoCal … I think our kids are in a very similar HS profile.
@This is a load of crap… it is not like you said there is a serous grade inflation. You have to be in a very competitive school to understand it. In fact, it is just the reverse of what you said. A B-grade student in my son’s school can easily be an A-grade student in another less competitive schools.
This year, both UCLA and UCD indicated less than 6,000 students to their campus. UCLA has over 102k and ucsd has over 89k applications. So how do they have over 10% admission rate. UCLA has less than 6% and ucsd has less than 7% admission rate!!