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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS has changed so much in the past five years, that I would have concerns:

1) Five years ago, students in MCPS took mid-year and final year exams.  These exams had weight and they prepared MCPS students on how to study for a cumulative test that took two hours.  Current graduating seniors never had that experience.

2) Late work at UMD is not accepted and students do not get 50% for an assignment not handed in.

3) Realize, in college As and Bs are earned.  With a bell curve, that means you have to do better than the average for an A or B. A college student has to learn from mistakes and realize not everything will be As and Bs.

4) Professors will lock you out of class if you are late and they will kick you out if you are disruptive (ie. phone rings or talking).

5) Grades are not everything to get you beyond an undergraduate degree.  If a STEM student, apply to join a research team such as UMD’s FIRE program.  If not STEM, college internships are needed for real life experience.  What your child does outside of the classroom in college is vital for either your first job or grad school.

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