Jackson-Reed gpa/college level
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Anonymous
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This is OP, and kid has always been in public and just isn't jelling with the private school. Things have gone well, sports, academics are fine but its just not good or fun. That and it is a lot more intense and I'm just not sure its worth it. I would like my kid to enjoy HS a little and not be overwhelmed with stress all of the time. We aren't 100% on the switch but I'm feeling more and more like it will be the right move.
To those of you with kids taking APs at JR. Do these classes fill up or are they open to anyone who qualifies/is interested. |
Anonymous
Anyone interested. AP classes are open to all students. |
Anonymous
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My kid is in his last year with GPA of 4.15. I think he has taken every AP offered. Not sure who decided if he should take them. He is taking 4 right now.
They seem to give grades away there as far as I know. He is a pleasant kid and I think he gets a few points just for that. He will be attending Nova next year. He promised to do his homework at Nova, because we paying for it. I really don't care if he learned anything or not. He has the ability to do well in college. He knows chilling and childhood is over. |
Anonymous
JR offers 30 AP classes, so he can’t have taken everything offered. |
Anonymous
If they were giving away grades you would expect to see lots of kids getting A in the AP classes and then 3 on the exam. |
Anonymous
This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs. |
Anonymous
JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above. |
Anonymous
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In SY23-34, 73% of J-R students who took a least 1 AP test received a 3 on at least one of those tests.
That means that 27% of J-R students never received higher than a 1 or 2 on the AP test(s) they took. |
Anonymous
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Lots of APs at Jackson-Reed as others have mentioned - and lots of good science/math. Is he interested in an Academy? Might be hard to fit one in two years - but worth a look. https://jacksonreedhs.org/academics/academies/
Grading is a little harder this year than the last few as they are finally not letting the kids have up until the end of the term to turn in work - there is at least one stopgap at mid-advisory. I would think if he came in - got good grades, did well on APs and was an involved student - colleges would understand the switch from grades. Plenty of kids with a few Cs still get into very good schools. Maybe not T20. But those kids probably wouldn't want that stress anyway. |
Anonymous
JR kids also tend to overload on APs as the difference between APs and normal classes in Junior and Senior year in terms of depth of material covered, rigor and class behavior is rather large. |
Anonymous
That’s still higher than the national average…JR AP tests are free for students and everyone is automatically signed up to take the test (and most do). Many schools still require that kids pay the $90/test to take the AP test, so kids that don’t think they will do well just don’t take it. |
Anonymous
So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match. |
Anonymous
| Or maybe it’s just that a lot of kids who normally wouldn’t take AP classses are taking them due the lack of course level options. |
Anonymous
As a PP pointed out, the pass rate is 73% which is a much, much higher pass rate than application schools like Banneker and McKinley Tech and 2nd in DC only to Walls. Also, I think probably 35%+ of kids taking AP classes earn less than an A in the class. |
Anonymous
Only 5% of students graduate JR with an unweighted 4.0 (according to the 23-24 school profile; I haven’t seen the 24-25 profile), so the idea that APs = easy As doesn’t align with that datapoint. |