Question about senior year report card grading at private schools

[Anonymous]

Colleges know this grading from top privates. My child got into an Ivy SCEA last December with 3 or 4 Bs in the first quarter. One was a solid B- as it was based on a single exam that had a class average of a C.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges know this grading from top privates. My child got into an Ivy SCEA last December with 3 or 4 Bs in the first quarter. One was a solid B- as it was based on a single exam that had a class average of a C.

Could you name the school? I can tell you a B- would be damaging from my kids’ privates (have one at a boys’ school and one at a girls’ school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at our private school. Our school always gives lower grades at the first quarter, but always raises as the classes progress. No one gets A in the first quarter. Kids have to work very hard to earn their Bs. Some get Cs in the first quarter. Senior year is the same.

Ridiculous generalization. Most students will do better in first quarter and as course progresses in complexity and difficulty, grades will go down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges know this grading from top privates. My child got into an Ivy SCEA last December with 3 or 4 Bs in the first quarter. One was a solid B- as it was based on a single exam that had a class average of a C.

Which ivy SCEA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges know this grading from top privates. My child got into an Ivy SCEA last December with 3 or 4 Bs in the first quarter. One was a solid B- as it was based on a single exam that had a class average of a C.

Which ivy SCEA?

Either Princeton or Yale, presumably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at our private school. Our school always gives lower grades at the first quarter, but always raises as the classes progress. No one gets A in the first quarter. Kids have to work very hard to earn their Bs. Some get Cs in the first quarter. Senior year is the same.

Our kids must attend the same school

[Anonymous]

What is the impact of first semester grades on RD applications at private schools?

Google says as long as there is no big decline in grades, they are fine. I take that means C, D, F?

What is the lowest grade to avoid negative impact? Would multiple B, B+ do?

Just anxious as DC still has a lot of RD essays to write before the first semster ends.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the impact of first semester grades on RD applications at private schools?

Google says as long as there is no big decline in grades, they are fine. I take that means C, D, F?

What is the lowest grade to avoid negative impact? Would multiple B, B+ do?

Just anxious as DC still has a lot of RD essays to write before the first semster ends.

Thanks.

I think there is less grace given for first semester as it's assumed that kids would get the grades up by then. First quarter is viewed differently because a grade can often be based on 1-2 assignments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the impact of first semester grades on RD applications at private schools?

Google says as long as there is no big decline in grades, they are fine. I take that means C, D, F?

What is the lowest grade to avoid negative impact? Would multiple B, B+ do?

Just anxious as DC still has a lot of RD essays to write before the first semster ends.

Thanks.

I think there is less grace given for first semester as it's assumed that kids would get the grades up by then. First quarter is viewed differently because a grade can often be based on 1-2 assignments.

So what is the standard? Maintaining the same average GPA as at the end of junior year? Or do they expect to see better performance than junior year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the impact of first semester grades on RD applications at private schools?

Google says as long as there is no big decline in grades, they are fine. I take that means C, D, F?

What is the lowest grade to avoid negative impact? Would multiple B, B+ do?

Just anxious as DC still has a lot of RD essays to write before the first semster ends.

Thanks.

I think there is less grace given for first semester as it's assumed that kids would get the grades up by then. First quarter is viewed differently because a grade can often be based on 1-2 assignments.

So what is the standard? Maintaining the same average GPA as at the end of junior year? Or do they expect to see better performance than junior year?

Maintaining the same standard. Our college counseling office said that first quarter grades can be taken with a grain of salt because in many classes they aren't based on much and some schools don't even issue them but literally just send a snapshot of the screen for colleges.
But by the semester grades should generally be legit. Colleges will assume they reflect the student's work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No leniency whatsoever at our private, can't wait to be done honestly, not much compassion.

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