Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?

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Anonymous wrote:I can't figure out how the unweighted is a 3.8 and the weighted is a 4.6. In our FCPS HS, a weighted 4.6 would be probably the top 1-3 students out of 525+ seniors, so how is unweighted a 3.8?

OP: Can you elaborate how the school weights grades? I know some give more weight for a 97-100, some weight classes up to a 6.0, etc.

Also, where does your kid fall with a 4.6 as far as other kids in the same school?

Agreed. Does she have good AP scores?

With no APs and test optional, this screams grade inflation. I would definitely invest in some good SAT prep.

AP Gov and AP U.S. History are 4s. The rest of her classes are IB as we're an IB school. She has taken a bunch of IB classes including IB Calc A/B her junior year, which is why she has a higher weighted GPA. We're at MCPS so we don't do class rank.

What were her IB scores? Was she in the IBDP?

There is IB AAF, IB Precalc, and then IB Analysis and Stats, and IB MVC Difeq if you are at RM.

Are you sure it's IB Calc A/B?

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I think your list is perfect. There’s a good mix of targets/safeties with a few reaches!

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS does not do +/-, so by my rough math, and depending on the number of courses (summer school for example) a 3.8 is at least 6 Bs for final semester grades.

Yikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS does not do +/-, so by my rough math, and depending on the number of courses (summer school for example) a 3.8 is at least 6 Bs for final semester grades.

OP here- Yes, she has 8 Bs for her final semester grades since 9th grade through the end of her junior year. The rest are As.

You need to aim MUCH lower then. And pick another major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS does not do +/-, so by my rough math, and depending on the number of courses (summer school for example) a 3.8 is at least 6 Bs for final semester grades.

OP here- Yes, she has 8 Bs for her final semester grades since 9th grade through the end of her junior year. The rest are As.

You need to aim MUCH lower then. And pick another major.

Really? I know 2025 MCPS graduates who got into some of these schools with a lower GPA than that.

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My kid has 3.8 unweighted, 4.6 weighted and SAT 1560, interested in comp science, we are looking for East Coast and no budget issues. What are his options. Good EC’s but no sports.

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Mine with similar stats (and went TO) ended up at CU Boulder.

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My second will likely end up with a 3.6 UW and a 4.5 W (freshman year was rough). But he tests well and we anticipate a 1500+ like his brother. Likes making stuff. Very creative. Worried that the freshman year grades will sink him 😕

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Anonymous wrote:For Indiana, SC, uva, Pitt, VT, etc, applying for business is a tougher admit than another major. The first two in particular are much easier admits if you are not business.

You don't apply right into business at UVA

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS does not do +/-, so by my rough math, and depending on the number of courses (summer school for example) a 3.8 is at least 6 Bs for final semester grades.

OP here- Yes, she has 8 Bs for her final semester grades since 9th grade through the end of her junior year. The rest are As.

Is there an upward trend? What year did she get the Bs?