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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]np here. i am confused. so will op's kid's hs transcript look as if he took 6 years of math (the 2 yrs from middle school and 4 yrs in high school) - don't colleges wonder how kids took 6 yrs of math in high school?

also, what is the rationale for middle school grades counting towards high school gpa? in college, if you are eligible for level math (bc of APs), the college doesn't count your high school ap class grade into your college gpa. it seems really odd that a class take. when one is 12 years old counts toward the highh school gpa. [/quote]
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I don't know the answer to OP's question, but I find it hard to believe that middle school grades will ever be calculated into the high school GPA. The advanced classes in middle school should only be for placement into advanced classes in high school.[/quote]

In MCPS this is true -- high school courses taken in middle school go on the HS transcript and are factored into HS GPA.  And, why not?  If my DC took French 1 in MS, got an A for all 4 quarters and another child didn't take French I until 9th grade, why should my child be penalized from having his/her good grades contribute to the HS GPA?  In MCPS there are many bright kids who are taking high school level languages (Language 1-3) or HS level math (Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II) in MS.  They take learn the same course material, take the same exams, earn the same credit and take the same risks as high schoolers, therefore they experience the same consequences -- good (or bad) grades go on the high school transcript.

If the MS child gets a low grade in a HS class, he/she is allowed to repeat the course and the better grade goes on the transcript.

All colleges understand if kids have multiple years of math, in the same way they understand why a kid ends up in French 7 in high school (or AP foreign language). [/quote]

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