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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It of course depends on the school system and the college.  I have one kid at a competitive private school who got C's in 9th grade, then a mix of mostly As and Bs in later grades, and was accepted at several selective liberal arts schools.  Other kid is in a competitive public school and will likely receive a first B this semester which I am more concerned about since 4.0s are pretty common.

OP I'd take a [b]look at the whole picture [/b]rather than just the college admissions angle.  What subjects are the Bs in?  Why isn't he doing his homework?  If he needs tutoring is he too accelerated in math?  Is a competitive magnet the right fit?[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you.  He does (by and large) do his homework, but dropped the ball occasionally this quarter and now that the tallying is approaching the end of the quarter, it is clear that the missed homeworks is what is biting him in the a$$.

The Bs are in English here and there as well as math (sometimes; other times he's earned As).  In foreign language, science, social studies, computer science, electives he has mostly earned As.  So the big picture is generally acceptable.

The math classes he has been taking are magnet math which is higher-level than honors math (because he is in the magnet).  (I don't know how magnet math classes are weighted.  I imagine that they are weighted the same way that honors math is but I don't know that for a fact, just guessing.)  I do think that the magnet is the right place for him because he has been successful there 100% of the time, until this quarter.  The math in particular seems to get harder and harder, more and more intense, and require more and more work.  Indeed, we talked to three tutors before hiring the one we did, because the others were familiar with MCPS honors-level math, but not this (magnet) math.  It is bona fide hard.  On the other hand, this is what he/we signed up for, so here we are.[/quote]

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