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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, just the semester grade shows on the college transcript. Perhaps the MoCo teacher can explain better than I can, but the second quarter gets more weight than the first. So if Q1 is a B but Q2 is an A, then he gets an A for the semester and that's what the colleges see. Of course this can work against you if grades go in the other direction. If there's a semester final exam, this may also get a large amount if weight (which is good if it's a standard county exam, because these tend to be easy, but could be difficult otherwise).

As I say, the weighting has never been completely clear to me, and my oldest has gone all the way through MoCo HS.[/quote]

There is a grading schedule on the MCPS website somewhere that lays that all out.  I am not sure the 2nd quarter is more heavily weighted.  The final is, I think, 20%?  There are a million permutations of AAB=A, ABA=A, etc.  Easy rule of thumb is 2 out of 3 determines the grade (2 Bs and one A is a B).  There is nearly always a final exam or a final exam equivalent (that latter more common in the spring semester for AP classes). Teachers have some latitude on grades - my DC benefited from this once (the teacher was able to give a final grade off the grading schedule).

I just got a copy of DCs college transcript.  It shows the grade for each semester for each class, whether it was an on track, hon or adv (AP and some honors seem to be adv), and the cumulative weighted and unweighted GPA for each year.  Hon and Adv classes are weighted classes and get an extra point.

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