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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s say your child was in the bottom 20-35 percent of students in those classes he’s in.

How did your student do in college?

Assume issue with grades is material is difficult not a slacker. Thanks for feedback in advance.
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Sorry, but your premise fails

Only 6% of Blair Magnet students have unweighted GPA below 3.75.

Only 1 student below 3.50.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf[/quote]

OP here. I’m talking about my kid. He feels like within the magnet program he’s part of the bottom students in his classes. Yes he still has 3.8X unweighted but he has no 4s on APs and some 3s etc.[/quote]
Your kid is fine. It sounds like the magnet program is a little more challenging for him than some peers, but as long as he is working hard and learning, he is in good shape. He should stop comparing himself to others.

As far as college goes, if he focuses on choosing a school that is a good fit for his interests and doesn’t try to overload on classes to “keep up”, his work ethic will serve him well and he’ll do fine in college.

Kids are all different, and that’s okay. All three of mine were in magnet programs. My oldest was “average smart” - good student, strong scores, but not super motivated with classwork and definitely[b] in the bottom 25% of his magnet cohort. [/b]Shaky grades at UMD CS (poor study habits continued+pandemic), but he graduated, has a good job, is married and is happy. My middle kid is “crazy smart” - everything is super easy, must have a photographic memory for the volume of information he consumes. Took 6 or 7 classes per semester undergrad and doing the same in grad school. Many opportunities to choose from career wise. He is also happy and doing fine. Both kids were very different from each other, but both were still far ahead of other kids academically.

Your kid will be fine.[/quote]

how long ago was it? OPs kid may not even get to UMD these days. But it is not the end of the road really.[/quote]

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