4.0 gpa

[Anonymous]

Back when I was in HS, all grades were unweighted, and less than 5% of my class even had an A average. I guess times have changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back when I was in HS, all grades were unweighted, and less than 5% of my class even had an A average. I guess times have changed.

I graduated in 1990 and my public HS was near a university, so a mix of money and high education. 30% of my class was above a 3.8 and we definitely had more than 10% of the school with all A grades for four years. Now worth noting there were no + and -, so an A was an A. We got a 5 for an A in an AP class but lots of kids had all As in those as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone has 4.0 from public. Find some important ways in which to distinguish yourself.

False. Demonstrably so.

Yes, more accurate to say 20 to 40 percent of class has 4.0, depending on the school.

Not at ours (DCPS). 20 kids out of ~500 have a perfect 4.0 unweighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone has 4.0 from public. Find some important ways in which to distinguish yourself.

False. Demonstrably so.

Yes, more accurate to say 20 to 40 percent of class has 4.0, depending on the school.

Not at ours (DCPS). 20 kids out of ~500 have a perfect 4.0 unweighted.

This is JR. I posted this on the previous page (lest anyone think there are two DCPSs with 500 kids in a class and only ~20 with 4.0s).

[Anonymous]

FCPS has minus and plus grades. A- is 3.7. B+ is 3.3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone has 4.0 from public. Find some important ways in which to distinguish yourself.

False. Demonstrably so.

Yes, more accurate to say 20 to 40 percent of class has 4.0, depending on the school.

Not at ours (DCPS). 20 kids out of ~500 have a perfect 4.0 unweighted.

This is JR. I posted this on the previous page (lest anyone think there are two DCPSs with 500 kids in a class and only ~20 with 4.0s).

I have a JR student too and I'm guessing that the 20 kids with perfect 4.0 unweighted also have top rigor....these are high-flyers. It is not difficult to fall into the 3.5-3.99 range (where 42 percent of student are) but there's a HUGE difference between a 3.99 (essentially, all As and one A- in four years of high school) and a 3.5 (more A-s than As or a mix of As, A-, and a B+s).

To the larger point, there is a huge amount of grade inflation due to the revision and make-up policies and because only final grades go on the transcripts (and there's more grade inflation in how they average the four terms to get there.) But at least DCPS does assign different points for A vs A- (4.0 vs 3.7) and on down the line (B+, B, and B- are 3.3, 3.0, and 2.7, respectively).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone has 4.0 from public. Find some important ways in which to distinguish yourself.

False. Demonstrably so.

Yes, more accurate to say 20 to 40 percent of class has 4.0, depending on the school.

Not at ours (DCPS). 20 kids out of ~500 have a perfect 4.0 unweighted.

This is JR. I posted this on the previous page (lest anyone think there are two DCPSs with 500 kids in a class and only ~20 with 4.0s).

I have a JR student too and I'm guessing that the 20 kids with perfect 4.0 unweighted also have top rigor....these are high-flyers. It is not difficult to fall into the 3.5-3.99 range (where 42 percent of student are) but there's a HUGE difference between a 3.99 (essentially, all As and one A- in four years of high school) and a 3.5 (more A-s than As or a mix of As, A-, and a B+s).

To the larger point, there is a huge amount of grade inflation due to the revision and make-up policies and because only final grades go on the transcripts (and there's more grade inflation in how they average the four terms to get there.) But at least DCPS does assign different points for A vs A- (4.0 vs 3.7) and on down the line (B+, B, and B- are 3.3, 3.0, and 2.7, respectively).

I’m the PP: Correction, a 3.5 is an even mix of B+s and A-s as (or Bs, B+s, A-s and As) very different than a 3.99 (all As with one A-).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone has 4.0 from public. Find some important ways in which to distinguish yourself.

That’s like saying everyone has all As in private schools because private schools are a business and they want to show potential customers how amazing their school is.

Stereotypes everywhere here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think UW matters more. My Senior has an UW 4.0--and he didn't have As every quarter or even at semester--but Final grades were all As. He got into some very selective schools(no hooks).

He is at a tough private (not the big 3, 5, etc). He was in AP/honors route. His weighted was a 4.39. He had 5s on every AP exam and near perfect ACT.

Just seeing classmates and friends--the UW 4.0 seemed to matter more than the 4.6-4.7s that some of his public school friends had, but with lower UW GPAS.

I think everyone has above 4.0Weighted GPA but a true 4.0 UW is much less common.

You forgot to account for the private-public school difference. Of course the private student with the lower weighted GPA got better college results than the public school student with the higher weighted GPA - they're getting their money's worth, after all.

(facetiousness aside, many private schools only offer honors classes which are weighted out of 4.5 and that isn't held against their students)

[Anonymous]

DD in a “top” private in bmore with highest available rigor has 98 average as a sophomore. I assume that she is in top decile of her class but girls don’t talk much about grades so it’s hard to know. I assume we’ll learn more next year with college counseling.