USNEWS 2010 Rankings

lagunal
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:09:49 +0000

Also, how does one compare the “average HS GPA” as part of the assessment on student selectivity?

The public high schools in California calculate GPAs differently than the private high schools. A private HS junior transferring to a public Calif. HS will find his GPA lowered because the “honors” classes in sophomore-level Private schools tend to get points awarded on a 5.0 scale, whereas the exact same class in public schools (except for AP/IB level) will only be rewarded on a 4.0 scale.
It could be a huge difference: For example 4.4 GPA from a private Catholic School may be translated as a 4.0 on the Public Schools rating system with NO grade inflation.

If the Assessment is not taking into consideration the different methods of acquiring the information, then, as my accountant would say, “Garbage In, Garbage Out.”