Jackson-Reed gpa/college level

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

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.

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My JR kid took 6 APs junior year and 4 senior year. With a sport, junior year was pretty intense, particularly since one of the AP classes had “optional” study sessions before school and on weekends that were really not so optional.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match.

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.

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.

Well, that means more kids at JR have straight As than there are students at my kid's high school, where only 4 students had a 4.0.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match.

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.

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.

Well, that means more kids at JR have straight As than there are students at my kid's high school, where only 4 students had a 4.0.

So, there are only 25 students at your kid’s high school? Wow. That means only six students per grade, so 66% of seniors had a 4.0.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match.

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.

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.

Well, that means more kids at JR have straight As than there are students at my kid's high school, where only 4 students had a 4.0.

Considering an elite private school like Harvard Westlake has 40%+ of its graduating class touting an UW 4.0...seems like JR's 4.3% is quite far from grade inflation.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match.

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.

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.

Well, that means more kids at JR have straight As than there are students at my kid's high school, where only 4 students had a 4.0.

Considering an elite private school like Harvard Westlake has 40%+ of its graduating class touting an UW 4.0...seems like JR's 4.3% is quite far from grade inflation.

Where are you finding this 40% of HW graduating with an UW 4.0?
I can't find this stat anywhere.
And honestly, if it's true, it makes sense. They have a 9th grade admissions rate of <10%. They had 34 National Merit semifinalists last year. I would hope they would structure their coursework so a decent percentage of these kids can get As.
In comparison at Jackson Reed you have all these kids getting As and ONE National Merit Semifinalist. That is called grade inflation.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

This happens all the time. My kid has tons of friends who received 2d and 3s on all APs.

JR has a 65% pass rate on AP tests defined as a 3 or above.

So, yes, they give out grades like candy at Halloween and the AP results don't match.

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.

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.

Well, that means more kids at JR have straight As than there are students at my kid's high school, where only 4 students had a 4.0.

Considering an elite private school like Harvard Westlake has 40%+ of its graduating class touting an UW 4.0...seems like JR's 4.3% is quite far from grade inflation.

Where are you finding this 40% of HW graduating with an UW 4.0?
I can't find this stat anywhere.
And honestly, if it's true, it makes sense. They have a 9th grade admissions rate of <10%. They had 34 National Merit semifinalists last year. I would hope they would structure their coursework so a decent percentage of these kids can get As.
In comparison at Jackson Reed you have all these kids getting As and ONE National Merit Semifinalist. That is called grade inflation.

Well, considering Sidwell, GDS, STA et al have nowhere near a 40% UW 4.0 (I think they have less than 5% as well) yet a school like Sidwell actually has a higher median SAT score compared to Harvard Westlake...sorry, this is rampant grade inflation at Harvard Westlake. I am sure parents at the DMV privates wish their schools graded similarly, that's for sure.

It's absurd to claim an urban public school with only 4.3% of the kids having an UW 4.0 is grade inflation.

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Can anyone actually chime in who has transferred from private school to a DC public about how they handle GPA...if they combine it, etc?

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone actually chime in who has transferred from private school to a DC public about how they handle GPA...if they combine it, etc?

Yes, they combine it. However, if the private school doesn’t call a class honors or AP, you won’t get any GPA bump. It will be considered just grade level.

The transcript indicates grades are from the transferring school, but it’s all combined on the same transcript.

For electives, you may need to pull a description of the elective from the transferring school syllabus if it is not an obvious elective, and then work with the JR counselor to figure out what where it goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone actually chime in who has transferred from private school to a DC public about how they handle GPA...if they combine it, etc?

Yes, they combine it. However, if the private school doesn’t call a class honors or AP, you won’t get any GPA bump. It will be considered just grade level.

The transcript indicates grades are from the transferring school, but it’s all combined on the same transcript.

For electives, you may need to pull a description of the elective from the transferring school syllabus if it is not an obvious elective, and then work with the JR counselor to figure out what where it goes.

Very helpful. Thank you! (Although not the answer I was hoping for

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone actually chime in who has transferred from private school to a DC public about how they handle GPA...if they combine it, etc?

Yes, they combine it. However, if the private school doesn’t call a class honors or AP, you won’t get any GPA bump. It will be considered just grade level.

The transcript indicates grades are from the transferring school, but it’s all combined on the same transcript.

For electives, you may need to pull a description of the elective from the transferring school syllabus if it is not an obvious elective, and then work with the JR counselor to figure out what where it goes.

Very helpful. Thank you! (Although not the answer I was hoping for

There is a decent amount of transfer activity from WCAC schools, so it’s not an issue with honors/AP since their courses are similar.

Not so much Big3 or equivalent transfers.