how will colleges decided between kids when missing a year of grades and SATs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 11th grader has not taken the SATS. Maybe official PSATs (from in-school test day) can be submitted.

This would be very unfair as they are completely different tests.

Nope. More fair. No prepping or extensive paid tutor to raise one's PSAT score by hundreds on the SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior is only receiving P/F grades and has to compete with these kids still getting letter grades (mostly As!). AP classes are still demanding a lot of work be done but they will carry no extra weight for both 3rd and 4th quarter this year. It’s going to be an ugly admissions process no matter how you slice it. In February, we made a list of “match” schools in which he as interested. Now I’m worried that those will be reaches due to these P/F grades that mean nothing.

Yes, DCPS is essentially giving everyone an A for quarters 3 and 4. MCPS is not giving grades for quarters 3 and 4.

Both students will be at a crazy disadvantage because they lose these grades. The ones from DCPS will be totally written off by admissions officers as worthless and the ones from MCPS won't exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior is only receiving P/F grades and has to compete with these kids still getting letter grades (mostly As!). AP classes are still demanding a lot of work be done but they will carry no extra weight for both 3rd and 4th quarter this year. It’s going to be an ugly admissions process no matter how you slice it. In February, we made a list of “match” schools in which he as interested. Now I’m worried that those will be reaches due to these P/F grades that mean nothing.

Yes, DCPS is essentially giving everyone an A for quarters 3 and 4. MCPS is not giving grades for quarters 3 and 4.

Both students will be at a crazy disadvantage because they lose these grades. The ones from DCPS will be totally written off by admissions officers as worthless and the ones from MCPS won't exist.

Just got the 3rd quarter MCPS report card. They got regular grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior is only receiving P/F grades and has to compete with these kids still getting letter grades (mostly As!). AP classes are still demanding a lot of work be done but they will carry no extra weight for both 3rd and 4th quarter this year. It’s going to be an ugly admissions process no matter how you slice it. In February, we made a list of “match” schools in which he as interested. Now I’m worried that those will be reaches due to these P/F grades that mean nothing.

Yes, DCPS is essentially giving everyone an A for quarters 3 and 4. MCPS is not giving grades for quarters 3 and 4.

Both students will be at a crazy disadvantage because they lose these grades. The ones from DCPS will be totally written off by admissions officers as worthless and the ones from MCPS won't exist.

Just got the 3rd quarter MCPS report card. They got regular grades.

That is good. DCPS is essentially giving everyone As (by making all assignments done during quarantine extra credit). One 5 minute assignment done? A for quarter 3!
Which makes the grades meaningless for everyone.