I own a tutoring company and your child’s 4.0 GPA probably isn’t real
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New research reveals 25% of college students with perfect 4.0 GPAs can't do middle school math, exposing how grade inflation misleads families about academic preparedness.
The takeaway: grades alone often tell students, their parents and colleges very little about a student’s actual academic preparedness. David Blobaum is a nationally recognized expert in the entrance exam and college admissions industry. He serves on the Board of Directors and is the director of outreach for the National Test Prep Association, a nonprofit that works to support the appropriate use of testing in admissions.
With that realization comes another one: how unprepared their "top performing" students are. As the owner of a tutoring company, I see and hear some version of the following countless times: "My kid just got her SAT score back, and it is much lower than we expected. She is a top performer at her school but scored in the 1100s."
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