Hello, I'm an American living in China. I'm an English teacher and have a Chinese student who attended a private school in China, that uses the Australian high school curriculum. The student's G.P.A is only 2.0 and her SAT score is 1500. The student thinks that American universities will evaluate her high school transcripts in a different way than they do those from other countries, because she took difficult classes such as calculus. Also, she claims that students in Australia get very low grades, and because she took hard classes she believes that American universities will lower there bench mark for the G.P.A . I find it hard to believe. Am I right or is she?
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A 2.0 on a 4.0 scale is still a C student. Most universities in America hold foreign students to a higher standard, not a lower one, because they prefer to let American students in first. Also, there is an expectation that if you wish to study in a foreign country, you take your education very seriously, which would be reflected in your GPA and test scores. 2.5 is the GPA cut-off for most American universities. Additionally, most Americans applying to colleges (especially good colleges) have also taken classes like calculus. Many of them have even taken Advanced Placement Calculus, which allows them to receive college credit upon entry, and they received very good grades in those subjects. Sounds like your student is making excuses for her poor academic performance. You're absolutely right, and she is completely confused.
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