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[quote=Anonymous]My senior is starting to receive their college decisions, and while they are doing fine (UMD honors, etc.), I'm getting more furious every time I think about their HS grades.

Take 14 AP classes? Same GPA/WPGA as a kid who takes 14 honors classes. Earn grades between 94 and 100 every single quarter in every single class in high school? Same GPA as a kid who gets 79.5 and 89.5 in their quarterly grades. I know colleges evaluate rigor, but if that 79.5/89.5 kid takes the same classes as my kid their rigor is identical.

So instead of maybe 20 or so kids who really stand out at each high school, you end up with 50+ kids applying to every top college.

I know small differences in academics can be outweighed during college admissions by ECs, jobs, volunteering, etc. But this grading system might as well be pass/fail.

Why did my kid put effort into her MCPS schooling? I guess the jokes on us. It would have been smarter just to coast through high school and still get As.[/quote]

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