How to Explain Covid Year Grades

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Anonymous wrote:Woah. I think the parents with B students/Covid slackers are out in force.

I had a kid who came out of public last year and it was ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE not to get As last year. There were limitless retakes and the lowest possible grade in DCPS (for example) was a B. Teachers gave As for turning in ANYTHING.

Kids who got Bs literally did not do anything.

Why should a selective private school take a kid who elected to do nothing last year over a kid who played by the rules and turned in assignments?
When there are 10 kids for one spot at these schools, why should it go to a kid who didn't do anything when the other 9 did?
There is zero chance an admissions committee would select this kid over the others unless he/she has some crazy talent.
It's a major liability for the school the next time this kid hits a bump in in the road.

This is simply not true for DCPS. My Deal kid had a C- and a D+ in two classes he struggled with and after missing a week for a COVID and a week for a death in family. Yes, you can’t have gotten any zeros (50s instead) and anything turned it can’t be below a D but it was not a given B. Thankfully, he did manage to get both classes back to a B but only after making up and addressing missing assignments, but he could have ended the year with the C and D. Any many kids with parents that weren’t on top ended up with Ds and Fs.

No, this isn't true. DCPS only gave As and Bs as final grades last year (20-21). Alls Cs and Ds were turned into "P".

From their Covid grading policy:

A Students who earn an A or B will have the benefit of this grade published on their
B transcript and the associated GPA weight.

C Students who earn a C or a D will not be penalized for this lower grade being published.
D Instead they’ll be assigned a “P” (for passing) and it will be GPA neutral.

F I Students who are earn a failing final grade will be assigned an “I” for incomplete.

Even still, PP said everyone was given A/B and that is not true.

Also, I just pulled my DC’s Deal report card. He was in fact given a C- for term 2 final report card. His final grade for the year in that class was a B but he did get a C- posted on official report card.

DCPS transcripts only send the final grade to schools/colleges (not any quarter grades).

But the fact that a kid with a C- in a quarter could end up with a B for the year in and of itself proves the point that it takes A LOT to not get As/Bs in DCPS.

Has nothing to do with DCPS grades. Had a B, C, B, A. Each term is brand new. Term 2 he had COVID and had a rough term. Good to know they only send final grades. I’m not sure how true that is because they just sent this last quarter grades.

Covid should last a week. So, blaming covid seems silly and if it was longer you can provide medical documentation as to it lasted longer. But, that doesn't explain the B's that were before or after covid.

Haha nice try troll. I’m just fine with my son getting a B or two. He will still be just fine in life. If you read my other posts, you’ll know I said we also had a death in the family that term. You’re a piece of work PP. I’m sorry your kid is striving for all As and still has a POS mom.

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My DD had the opposite problem. Being back in person, quarantining in and out here and there, no steady teachers, her most recent grades have really fallen compared to the last two years. I had a conference with her one steady teacher this term and she said she'd make sure the lack of stability is noted in her letters of recommendation. Thankfully, DD's test scores are high, so I'm hoping they'll see her capabilities over this one term.

But, again, we're noting her lack of steady teachers without making any apologies for it.

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My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

My kid was recruited too. Now gets Bs/Cs at the Big3, as do his recruited athlete friends. we're wondering if it was worth it. if college recruitment doesn't work out he's sort of screwed. just being honest. public school A/B students easily get B/Cs at the privates. It's been eye opening.

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

My kid was recruited too. Now gets Bs/Cs at the Big3, as do his recruited athlete friends. we're wondering if it was worth it. if college recruitment doesn't work out he's sort of screwed. just being honest. public school A/B students easily get B/Cs at the privates. It's been eye opening.

My kid won’t get any Cs in private. I’ll make sure of it, even if it means scaling back on second sport. My kid is already getting “recruited” for college for their sport and is ranked. I have no qualms they will meet NCAA requirements. Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

My kid was recruited too. Now gets Bs/Cs at the Big3, as do his recruited athlete friends. we're wondering if it was worth it. if college recruitment doesn't work out he's sort of screwed. just being honest. public school A/B students easily get B/Cs at the privates. It's been eye opening.

My kid won’t get any Cs in private. I’ll make sure of it, even if it means scaling back on second sport. My kid is already getting “recruited” for college for their sport and is ranked. I have no qualms they will meet NCAA requirements. Good luck.

How is your post relevant to OP's question other that to gloat about your child's athletic ability like a jerk?

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

My kid was recruited too. Now gets Bs/Cs at the Big3, as do his recruited athlete friends. we're wondering if it was worth it. if college recruitment doesn't work out he's sort of screwed. just being honest. public school A/B students easily get B/Cs at the privates. It's been eye opening.

My kid won’t get any Cs in private. I’ll make sure of it, even if it means scaling back on second sport. My kid is already getting “recruited” for college for their sport and is ranked. I have no qualms they will meet NCAA requirements. Good luck.

How is your post relevant to OP's question other that to gloat about your child's athletic ability like a jerk?

Post was directly to PP that implied Bs are unacceptable. Not everyone strives for 4.8 GPA. PP should be happy about that because otherwise her kid’s 4.0 wouldn’t matter much.

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COVID was more difficult for some students than others. The key for admissions is explaining how whatever derailed them before won't derail them again. That can come up in a personal essay, or an interview, or both.

1. A death in the family or personal illness? Address the recovery and how the child dealt with it. Talk about current abilities, now that the acute time passed.

2. Undiagnosed mental health issues, or learning disability, or the like? Address that the diagnosis was made and what supports are now. Attach documentation that they are back on track and able to perform at the level they expect to bring to the next academic step.

3. Doesn't do well with distance learning? Given that we are still in an evolving pandemic, you need to show what adaptations were made and/or skills developed so this won't be an ongoing problem if the school/university/college to which the child is applying makes the decision to go virtual again, at least for awhile.

Schools and universities don't want to penalize your child for something that is no longer a problem. They do, however, want a student body that thrives, including during future unforeseen chaos (especially during this pandemic). But if they turn your kid down, it's not "unfair" because it wasn't the child's fault -- this isn't about fairness. It's about performance and thriving.

Show them (not just tell) why your child would thrive *now.* And if you can't, then it may not be a good spot for them, even if you think they abstractly deserve it.

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

You sound like as much of an a-hole as others on this thread

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers were practically handing out A and B to kids in consideration of covid. Would have had to be pretty lazy not to get an easy A. We’re their other explanations for thiis?

+1

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The concern is that the pandemic isn't over and schools are planning with this in mind. They aren't likely to take a risk on a kid who can can't or won't learn virtually when there may be more virtual learning to come. if they have 10 applicants per spot, why take the one who can only learn in person? it's a hard situation because it's not an isolated event that caused the low grades--it's an ongoing possibility.

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When did mostly Bs become so terrible? At our rigorous private, Bs are respectable especially during COVID distance learning. It has been a rough ride for so many and so many had diminished learning growth.

I agree with PP who encouraged honesty about extenuating circumstances with death in family.

Good luck OP. May your son find the best fit for him. There a some very good private schools in our area that do not have single digit admit rates and welcome different ability levels.

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Anonymous wrote:My A/B public school student is getting recruited by most of the Big schools in the area. My kid practices their sport and extra curricular 40+ hours a week and travels all over the country. I am quite fine with them getting Bs as I prefer a well rounded child. See you at a Big 3 PP where my kid will continue to get As and Bs and still go to a better college, for free.

Ok, we get it you are too cheap to pay for college. Its surprising a Big school would take a B student... that means the privates don't have smarter kids if your A/B public school child is getting in. Why makes you think our kids don't get all A's and still do sports and music? You realize they can do it all and still get A's. So, what happens if your kid doesn't go to school for free? Guess its McDonalds for them.

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Anonymous wrote:When did mostly Bs become so terrible? At our rigorous private, Bs are respectable especially during COVID distance learning. It has been a rough ride for so many and so many had diminished learning growth.

I agree with PP who encouraged honesty about extenuating circumstances with death in family.

Good luck OP. May your son find the best fit for him. There a some very good private schools in our area that do not have single digit admit rates and welcome different ability levels.

Its a bit surprising a top private would take kids from public with B's. Nothing wrong with it, but those are not particularly good grades, especially when publics were so watered down in virtual last year. It was nearly impossible to get a B or C.

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Anonymous wrote:When did mostly Bs become so terrible? At our rigorous private, Bs are respectable especially during COVID distance learning. It has been a rough ride for so many and so many had diminished learning growth.

I agree with PP who encouraged honesty about extenuating circumstances with death in family.

Good luck OP. May your son find the best fit for him. There a some very good private schools in our area that do not have single digit admit rates and welcome different ability levels.

Its a bit surprising a top private would take kids from public with B's. Nothing wrong with it, but those are not particularly good grades, especially when publics were so watered down in virtual last year. It was nearly impossible to get a B or C.

Kid ended 7th grade with all As except one B in final grades. 8th grade term one 4 As, 2 Bs