Freshmen Year GPA

[Anonymous]

4 224

[Anonymous]

4.21 (that's with 12 credits earned)
4.0 for just freshman year courses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

My kid with all As and four honors classes has a 4.286

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

My kid with all As and four honors classes has a 4.286

Mine too. All A’s and one A- and the GPA is 4.238

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

My kid with all As and four honors classes has a 4.286

That’s more in line with what I would expect an “AAP” student to have. A flat 4.0 from an AAP student isn’t impressive.

And fyi, the mom brought up that her kid was AAP, as if that explained why his GPA was so high. So I explained that a 4.0 with all 4 honors classes actually wasn’t.

[Anonymous]

Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

So what? What's wrong with A-, B+, or B?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

That GPA is fine. Don't listen to this person. In your first year, it is almost impossible to take all honors classes, in some areas they don't exist - such as PE. They will bring down your GPA unfortunately.

With 4 honors courses (assuming Bio, English, History and math - expected for “AAP” kids), a flat 4.0 suggests quite a few B+ grades. The honors courses already give a 0.5 bump so if the kid had gotten solid As, GPA would be closer to 4.5. Only 2-3 course can bring GPA down but not to a 4.0 of 4.5s were earned in the core classes. Logical conclusion: The AAP kid didn’t get top grades in their honors classes.

So what? What's wrong with A-, B+, or B?

Nothing but for some reason the Mom felt the need to say “yes he’s in AAP” as if that explained his 4.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.

There is zero reason to do this. Fcps doesn't do class rank and colleges recalculate gpas using their own formulas. Pass/fail over the summer is usually done to decrease stress, since it is so time intensive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

Unweighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0
Yes, he was in AAP.

That’s actually really low for an AAP kid who is presumably in all honors classes which get a 0.5 bump. He wasn’t able to make solid As in honors classes?

Unweighted.

Bull. Everyone was giving weighted and this is FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.

There is zero reason to do this. Fcps doesn't do class rank and colleges recalculate gpas using their own formulas. Pass/fail over the summer is usually done to decrease stress, since it is so time intensive

The reason to do this is to increase your weighted GPA. Lots of kids do this. And PE isn’t hard to get an A in in the summer. This kids all do it for the GPA boost. We can play the game too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.

There is zero reason to do this. Fcps doesn't do class rank and colleges recalculate gpas using their own formulas. Pass/fail over the summer is usually done to decrease stress, since it is so time intensive

The reason to do this is to increase your weighted GPA. Lots of kids do this. And PE isn’t hard to get an A in in the summer. This kids all do it for the GPA boost. We can play the game too.

But what is the point of increasing your weighted GPA if there is no class rank?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if my kid should take PE P/F during the school year to bump up his GPA? All the summer school kids are doing that.

There is zero reason to do this. Fcps doesn't do class rank and colleges recalculate gpas using their own formulas. Pass/fail over the summer is usually done to decrease stress, since it is so time intensive

The reason to do this is to increase your weighted GPA. Lots of kids do this. And PE isn’t hard to get an A in in the summer. This kids all do it for the GPA boost. We can play the game too.

But what is the point of increasing your weighted GPA if there is no class rank?

Ask the Asians and Indian kids - they all do it to get the highest weighted GPA possible. And they try to take more AP electives.