Re: [Phys-l] AP on GPA (the other AP)

["Josh Gates-fac" <Josh_Gates-fac@nobles.edu>]

J Denkerwrites:

> On 12/02/2006 11:32 AM, Josh Gates-fac wrote:
>
> > .... everyone was reported to be (I believe...) no
> > lower than the top 10%; 
>
> I was wondering how this "reporting" works in practice.
>
> Suppose there are 400 students in the senior class.
> How is the 400th student reported?
> a) #40 out of 400 (i.e. falsifying the numerator), or
> b) #400 out of 4000 (i.e. falsifying the denominator)?



> Whom is this supposed to fool?
> -- Students?
> -- Parents?
> -- College admissions committees?
>
> > the theory was that everyone would have been in
> > the top 10% at their home high schools.
>
> Ah, that sounds like option (b).
>
> So for consistency, does that mean that for each such magnet
> school where everybody is reported in the top 10%, there are
> 9 diamagnet schools where nobody is reported in the top 10%,
> no matter how well they do?  That would at least produce
> internally-consistent rankings across the full 4000-student
> pool.
>
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