RMIB GPAs

[Anonymous]

My DD, a RMIB senior, has an UW 4.0 through Junior year. The kids don’t talk much about grades so she doesn’t have a sense of how she ranks. She is not at the tippy top of difficult classes. I’d say she is above average difficulty but not extreme.

The RMIB kids don't talk about about grades? Mmmmmmmmmkay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has the easiest grading system in the country. A 4.0 UW is pretty easy when 79.5 and an 89.5 = an A

They also don’t have plus and minus letters to differentiate. And a lot of redos are allowed.

This doesn’t apply to rmib.

It kinda does. The grade calculation is the same, and redos are allowed all the time. Yes, the curriculum is difficult, but the grading is rather lenient.

[Anonymous]

My junior has an UW 3.87 or something. I think maybe 2 Bs in the first two years.

[Anonymous]

Does RMIB still have homework or is it going the way of the rest of the county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard a lot of people say that the IB program at RM is harder, and so fewer kids are getting A's in the classes. But does anyone have any sense of what the average GPA is there? Or how many kids end up with the UW 4.0?

These days at your average MCPS HS about 30% of the class has an UW 4.0, but it's a bit more real at RM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does RMIB still have homework or is it going the way of the rest of the county?

not sure what county your kids are in but between Functions and APUSH DC has plenty of homework

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does RMIB still have homework or is it going the way of the rest of the county?

not sure what county your kids are in but between Functions and APUSH DC has plenty of homework

+1 My non RMIB has HW, albeit, not a ton. The other DC who graduated from RMIB last year also had a lot of HW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the link for the school profile. It does show gpa ranges. Over 50% have between a 3.5 and 4.0uw. https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile.pdf

Don't they have a profile just for the magnet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link for the school profile. It does show gpa ranges. Over 50% have between a 3.5 and 4.0uw. https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile.pdf

Don't they have a profile just for the magnet?

This is what is posted https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile-insert.pdf?usp=sharing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has the easiest grading system in the country. A 4.0 UW is pretty easy when 79.5 and an 89.5 = an A

They also don’t have plus and minus letters to differentiate. And a lot of redos are allowed.

This doesn’t apply to rmib.

It kinda does. The grade calculation is the same, and redos are allowed all the time. Yes, the curriculum is difficult, but the grading is rather lenient.

They aren’t allowed redos, as you suggest. If they are, it’s not very often.

[Anonymous]

Redos depend on the teacher. Some friend groups talk about grades; some don’t. RMIB kids get A at 89.5 like the rest of the school. Yes to homework. There are also many out of class writing assignments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redos depend on the teacher. Some friend groups talk about grades; some don’t. RMIB kids get A at 89.5 like the rest of the school. Yes to homework. There are also many out of class writing assignments.

This is the most accurate response so far.

[Anonymous]

A particular friend group may not talk much about grades but they compare grades in classes so it's not like your child can claim ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A particular friend group may not talk much about grades but they compare grades in classes so it's not like your child can claim ignorance.

You missed the point some kids don’t compare grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link for the school profile. It does show gpa ranges. Over 50% have between a 3.5 and 4.0uw. https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile.pdf

Don't they have a profile just for the magnet?

of course they do