So Many Posts with “My High STAT …”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The kids posted about do all have high stats.

It's because there are lots of insecure people out there, and if their kid has "high stats" they feel the need to post about it.

I post about it when someone asks about what stats are needed for college xyz. I don't post it just because.

FWIW, I have two kids: one with really high stats and another with so so stats, with grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school grade inflation is definitely a thing. Also SAT superscoring makes standardized testing a little more achievable and less stressful

Not in our fcps

Don't you have retakes up to a 100%?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:yes, MCPS has the worst grade inflation in the DMV. It's ridiculous. You have to be basically checked out to not do extremely well.

Colleges know but it doesn't correct everything.

It depends. Sure if you take honors (i.e. regular classes) it's pretty easy. Some students though sign-up for more rigorous programs and even take APs to boot.

You only have to get an 89.5 one quarter and a 79.5 the next to get an A. That in an of itself is INSANE grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This board is self-perpetuating. If someone came on posted about where their 2.3 gpa/1050 SAT kid should apply, poster here would be like sharks scenting blood in the water. The answers would be about how their kid is only fit for trade school or community college (as if those are bad options), “are you sure your child is ready for college?” There are 4000+ colleges and a student with those stats can get in to and succeed at and go on to do well from plenty of them, but the poster wouldn’t get that advice here because DCUM folks either scoff at those schools or have never heard of them.

Trade school or community college? People on this board think schools like Emory, Tulane, or Haverford are worthless. You really have to sift through a lot of toxicity to get information of value.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every thread about a high stats kid is answered with one about grade inflation which is answered by one about standardized testing and around and around we go.

well, yea, in my "high stat" kid's case, their SAT and AP scores proved that their A was deserved. They actually got mostly A+ but as stated, that doesn't come across the report card.

My lower stat kid, oth, not so much. As but SAT/AP scores don't prove it. Maybe they aren't as great test takers, but I do think there is grade inflation.

MCPS

But tests can be prepped and superscored or a kid can be a great test taker and an average student but looks great with grade inflation.

Etcetcetc.

This board can go on and on and on. This thread is a prime example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like every kid here is a high stats kid. Grade inflation? Noticed at in Montgomery county public schools the grading system is so generous. There are no pluses or minuses. So if kid gets a 90 it is an A… not A- also if kid gets A for quarter 1 and a B for quarter 2, the semester grade is an A. Grade inflation!!!

Technically if you get 89.5 and 79.5, equates to an A. Hmmmmm

Every kid applying to the most selective schools are genuinely high stats. It has nothing to do with grade inflation and everything to do with upbringing and privilege.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every thread about a high stats kid is answered with one about grade inflation which is answered by one about standardized testing and around and around we go.

well, yea, in my "high stat" kid's case, their SAT and AP scores proved that their A was deserved. They actually got mostly A+ but as stated, that doesn't come across the report card.

My lower stat kid, oth, not so much. As but SAT/AP scores don't prove it. Maybe they aren't as great test takers, but I do think there is grade inflation.

MCPS

But tests can be prepped and superscored or a kid can be a great test taker and an average student but looks great with grade inflation.

Etcetcetc.

This board can go on and on and on. This thread is a prime example.

Nah. No amount of prep will get a student a 1600 or 5 on all 11 APs if the kid was just average.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every thread about a high stats kid is answered with one about grade inflation which is answered by one about standardized testing and around and around we go.

well, yea, in my "high stat" kid's case, their SAT and AP scores proved that their A was deserved. They actually got mostly A+ but as stated, that doesn't come across the report card.

My lower stat kid, oth, not so much. As but SAT/AP scores don't prove it. Maybe they aren't as great test takers, but I do think there is grade inflation.

MCPS

But tests can be prepped and superscored or a kid can be a great test taker and an average student but looks great with grade inflation.

Etcetcetc.

This board can go on and on and on. This thread is a prime example.

There are a lot more kids, proportionally, with high GPAs than with high test scores.

If prepping to a high score were that easy, there would not be people wanting test optional policies.

Agree that grade inflation can make an average student look great. That's where colleges find standardized testing helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school grade inflation is definitely a thing. Also SAT superscoring makes standardized testing a little more achievable and less stressful

Not in our fcps

Don't you have retakes up to a 100%?

Mine didn’t. FCPS - after lower test score, teacher would offer a retake but require significant assignments be completed first - hours of work. Then one retake only, and score was capped at a B (college freshman now, so I don’t remember if it was capped at 84 or what).

But absolutely not retakes up to 100, WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school grade inflation is definitely a thing. Also SAT superscoring makes standardized testing a little more achievable and less stressful

Not in our fcps

Don't you have retakes up to a 100%?

Mine didn’t. FCPS - after lower test score, teacher would offer a retake but require significant assignments be completed first - hours of work. Then one retake only, and score was capped at a B (college freshman now, so I don’t remember if it was capped at 84 or what).

But absolutely not retakes up to 100, WTF.

Retakes up to a 100% is current FCPS policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This board is self-perpetuating. If someone came on posted about where their 2.3 gpa/1050 SAT kid should apply, poster here would be like sharks scenting blood in the water. The answers would be about how their kid is only fit for trade school or community college (as if those are bad options), “are you sure your child is ready for college?” There are 4000+ colleges and a student with those stats can get in to and succeed at and go on to do well from plenty of them, but the poster wouldn’t get that advice here because DCUM folks either scoff at those schools or have never heard of them.

We have one of "those"! I'm going to start a thread on this very topic after this admissions cycle.

There’s a great FB group for “awesomely average kids”!

Thank you.

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Mtgm5B7SX/?mibextid=K35XfP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, MCPS has the worst grade inflation in the DMV. It's ridiculous. You have to be basically checked out to not do extremely well.

Colleges know but it doesn't correct everything.

It depends. Sure if you take honors (i.e. regular classes) it's pretty easy. Some students though sign-up for more rigorous programs and even take APs to boot.

You only have to get an 89.5 one quarter and a 79.5 the next to get an A. That in an of itself is INSANE grade inflation.

Oh, I know! When I was a math major, I think you could get an A in Real analysis with a 50%! The grade inflation was crazy, but somehow, the median was a C.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public school grade inflation is definitely a thing. Also SAT superscoring makes standardized testing a little more achievable and less stressful

I think this is mainly it. I came to this board and others because I had a high-achieving kid who seemed likely to have a lot of options. I couldn't afford a private advisor, so I assumed that role by reading books, listening to podcasts, and learning on forums. My younger kid, on their current trajectory, will probably just go to the local flagship. Honestly, it's kind of a relief.

[Anonymous]

Parents of high stat kids have a lot of anxiety because their kids have worked hard for 3 years and have a lottery ticket, but no assurance of anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Public school grade inflation is definitely a thing. Also SAT superscoring makes standardized testing a little more achievable and less stressful

I think this is mainly it. I came to this board and others because I had a high-achieving kid who seemed likely to have a lot of options. I couldn't afford a private advisor, so I assumed that role by reading books, listening to podcasts, and learning on forums. My younger kid, on their current trajectory, will probably just go to the local flagship. Honestly, it's kind of a relief.

Ah hell. I quoted the wrong comment.

VVV This is the one I meant to quote. VVV

Anonymous wrote:College admissions is more straightforward for kids with lower stats, so their parents have fewer questions/concerns and post less frequently.