4.7 at BCC Sophomore Year?

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Anonymous wrote:Where would this rank a kid in BCC's class typically. Top 10%?

Don't know but saw in the Blair magnet 4.74 is the bottom 15%.

for real?

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It’s because everything almost all of them take is weighted until phys ed. So my rising senior has a 5.0 WGPA and 4.0 GPS. A 4.74 means a a significant number of Bs, which with grade inflation is not that normal for that group.

A 5.0 is not the norm at all. If your kid takes h.s. math or language in middle school, there are 4.0 grades; if your kid takes band first year, there are 4.0 grades. Tech only has 1 honors option. 4.9 is about the highest I have heard of at end of Sr year, and that was a stellar student.

I didn’t say 5.0 was the norm, but it is what my kid has, and I imagine a lot of his friends. I think they might have changed how they factor in middle school grades, because my kid took three years of language in middle school and also did Algebra and Geometry in middle school, but still has this 5.0 on his transcript. For the magnet, they don’t take “Tech” class like my non-magnet DD did—they get the tech requirement accomplished through their magnet classes. Many are in honors band and orchestra starting freshman year. And health now has a honors option too, unlike when my DD went through. But his GPA will be lower by the end of the year because there is no honors gym.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where would this rank a kid in BCC's class typically. Top 10%?

Don't know but saw in the Blair magnet 4.74 is the bottom 15%.

for real?

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It’s because everything almost all of them take is weighted until phys ed. So my rising senior has a 5.0 WGPA and 4.0 GPS. A 4.74 means a a significant number of Bs, which with grade inflation is not that normal for that group.

A 5.0 is not the norm at all. If your kid takes h.s. math or language in middle school, there are 4.0 grades; if your kid takes band first year, there are 4.0 grades. Tech only has 1 honors option. 4.9 is about the highest I have heard of at end of Sr year, and that was a stellar student.

No disagrees that it’s not the norm. Kids in the magnet programs, AP/IB programs or other special programs are pushing themselves and often achieving A’s/B’s in class. Even if you took away the extra points for honors/AP/IB these kids would still have high unweighted GPAs.

[Anonymous]

My daughter with a 4.82 from a W got turned down by Villanova and NYU and waitlisted University of Maryland at College Park.

Under a 4.9 is bad in W land.

[Anonymous]

Only way to improve this is to go back to the 1970s when High Schools graded on 1-100 and no extra credit for AP.

And Gym, shop class, cooking class everything counts in grades no pass or fail. No one gets 100 and grades can go out many decimals like 97.2315 as counts everyone home work, class attendance, tests, final exams, class participation. My HS even climbing the rope in Gym and swimming class was graded. A valedictorian truly was a well rounded person as good ine verything.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter with a 4.82 from a W got turned down by Villanova and NYU and waitlisted University of Maryland at College Park.

Under a 4.9 is bad in W land.

There are a lot of factors, including in-school competition. Where'd DD end up?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where would this rank a kid in BCC's class typically. Top 10%?

Don't know but saw in the Blair magnet 4.74 is the bottom 15%.

for real?

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It’s because everything almost all of them take is weighted until phys ed. So my rising senior has a 5.0 WGPA and 4.0 GPS. A 4.74 means a a significant number of Bs, which with grade inflation is not that normal for that group.

A 5.0 is not the norm at all. If your kid takes h.s. math or language in middle school, there are 4.0 grades; if your kid takes band first year, there are 4.0 grades. Tech only has 1 honors option. 4.9 is about the highest I have heard of at end of Sr year, and that was a stellar student.

I didn’t say 5.0 was the norm, but it is what my kid has, and I imagine a lot of his friends. I think they might have changed how they factor in middle school grades, because my kid took three years of language in middle school and also did Algebra and Geometry in middle school, but still has this 5.0 on his transcript. For the magnet, they don’t take “Tech” class like my non-magnet DD did—they get the tech requirement accomplished through their magnet classes. Many are in honors band and orchestra starting freshman year. And health now has a honors option too, unlike when my DD went through. But his GPA will be lower by the end of the year because there is no honors gym.

Oh, interesting! Did not know that the magnets operated differently with respect to tech and availability of honors everything from first year. That is not the case at our mere-W.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where would this rank a kid in BCC's class typically. Top 10%?

Don't know but saw in the Blair magnet 4.74 is the bottom 15%.

for real?

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It’s because everything almost all of them take is weighted until phys ed. So my rising senior has a 5.0 WGPA and 4.0 GPS. A 4.74 means a a significant number of Bs, which with grade inflation is not that normal for that group.

A 5.0 is not the norm at all. If your kid takes h.s. math or language in middle school, there are 4.0 grades; if your kid takes band first year, there are 4.0 grades. Tech only has 1 honors option. 4.9 is about the highest I have heard of at end of Sr year, and that was a stellar student.

I didn’t say 5.0 was the norm, but it is what my kid has, and I imagine a lot of his friends. I think they might have changed how they factor in middle school grades, because my kid took three years of language in middle school and also did Algebra and Geometry in middle school, but still has this 5.0 on his transcript. For the magnet, they don’t take “Tech” class like my non-magnet DD did—they get the tech requirement accomplished through their magnet classes. Many are in honors band and orchestra starting freshman year. And health now has a honors option too, unlike when my DD went through. But his GPA will be lower by the end of the year because there is no honors gym.

What electives are weighted that allow a 5.0? My kid is in SMCS and took Photography freshman year. Also Spanish 2. Spanish 3 is weighted. Kid is at 4.81, but the SGGCR shows unweighted high school classes taken in middle school that may or may not be applied to the WGPA. Not sure how that all shakes out. Also weird that Foundation of Technology is a requirement for SMCS kids as a tech credit and is not weighted.

[Anonymous]

MCPS calculates whether the hs credit courses in ms will help or hurt the GPA, and only includes them if they help.

[Anonymous]

I call BS on 5.0. That would mean every single class, including PE, is weighted.

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Anonymous wrote:I call BS on 5.0. That would mean every single class, including PE, is weighted.

The PP did note that DC has not taken PE yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt it is top 10%, but, as somebody else posted it is hard to know. If I were betting money I'd say between top 20%. Grade inflation is real at MCPS. Anybody know what the highest possible GPA is for a student at BCC?

Hard to say but the rigor matters more. All honors or mostly hardest APs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter with a 4.82 from a W got turned down by Villanova and NYU and waitlisted University of Maryland at College Park.

Under a 4.9 is bad in W land.

Absolute hogwash. There are more students then seats, other factors feed into decisions. SAT, other achievements , and plain old luck, matters more than 0.08 GPA from gaming the schedule.

[Anonymous]

These obviously inflated GPAs are not to be bragged about. I wouldn't mention it to anyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter with a 4.82 from a W got turned down by Villanova and NYU and waitlisted University of Maryland at College Park.

Under a 4.9 is bad in W land.

Absolute hogwash. There are more students then seats, other factors feed into decisions. SAT, other achievements , and plain old luck, matters more than 0.08 GPA from gaming the schedule.

Hogwash from another parent. Why do people post these things? My kid goes to PHS and is an incoming senior. I just looked at Naviance and no one was rejected from UMD with a 4.8 or higher. People are stressed out enough without fake statistics that make things even harder than they are.

The fake statistics of UMDs average SAT being 1450 (because only have of kids submit) is about making me want to jump out of my skin already. Kid with 3.89 and 1380 SAT with 9 APs so far through junior year.

[Anonymous]

Half not have