What is the topmost weighted GPA in your high school

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids in our public school system are choosing to take PE and Health over the summer so they can pack the school year with more weighted classes. I believe the administration has started to limit who can take these classes over the summer because there aren't enough slots and it's an excessively competitive move.

Health is a weighted class. Honors Health!!!

Sad but true!

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DD is a rising junior and could theoretically go into senior year with a 4.0/5.0 GPA. Her only unweighted class will be PE senior year.

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to this (kid is headed to MS next year so we haven't had to deal with this yet). Do schools give kids both the weighted and unweighted GPA? Do they report both to colleges?

Yes, both appear on the transcript. The transcript is also sent with a class profile, like the one posted for BCC. How colleges choose to use/not use the calculated GPA is of course a different issue, many just recalculate to there own specifications.

I'm hoping that colleges can see that my kid is in the top 10% in his school, even if his high school doesn't officially rank.

It doesn’t really matter, since they’ll compare him to any classmates who also apply.

This is true. Unfortunately most MCPS HS submit a school profile with GPA bands that do a disservice to top students. For example, at Blair/Poolseville/RM it is not uncommon for the top bands to have 50% of kids in them.

AOs aren’t dumb. They assess straight As in the context of rigor, and can see how the weighted grades compare (since specified in the common app).

They aren't?! Shocking

Honestly I think some of them are.