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[quote=Anonymous]High school credits are weighted if they are the more advanced versions of high school classes, regardless of when they are taken.

If a student takes Foreign Language 1, whether in middle school or high school, it won't be weighted.  I think foreign language classes begin to be weighted in the third year level.

A geometry class is not weighted regardless of when it is taken.  An honors geometry class, however, is weighted.  It doesn't matter if a student takes the class as a sixth grader or a twelfth grader.

It seems to make sense to weight the classes according to their difficulty.  If you want to gain the system to maximize GPA, you are free to do that.  If you want to maximize learning options and not worry about GPA, you are also welcome to do that.   Middle schoolers who do poorly are given the option to have the grade erased from the transcript.

Class titles and weights have to address what the student knows to be meaningful.  I don't think when it is learned is the issue.  Although, a student with seven foreign language credits taking AP Foreign Language Lit, or a student with seven math credits taking Linear Algebra I think makes a statement to colleges.  They will have many weighted courses to bring up their GPAs, and I don't think they're going to quibble if a sixth grader got a B in a class.  Incidentally, MCPS doesn't do class rankings, and it's my understanding that colleges often recalculate GPAs without the weights.
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