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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does a mix of As and Bs (more Bs than As) in the freshman year place your child? Tutoring will be definitely beneficial though DC insists that they are fine without it. Any advice?[/quote]

It depends. Is your student taking PE or another non weighted class pass/fail? Most freshman year classes are honors and weighted with a .5 bump. Students in AP Precalculus or higher or AP CS have a 1.0 bump for those classes. Also, how many high school credits did  they come to the school with and were those all As?

My son has a 4.26 overall GPA at the end of the first semester including high school classes taken in middle school with only 1 B+, 1 A and the rest A-‘s. He is definitely not in the top 10% (he knows students taking 2 AP classes in freshman year that have all As), but seems to have similar grades to his closest friends from middle school. After freshman year he will only take 1-2 non AP classes a year, so he has the potential opportunity to bring his GPA up a lot by the end of junior year. He has mentioned that a lot of his classmates have lower grades. I would suggest tutoring or going for help during 8th period for any classes he struggles in to learn better study skills (this has helped my son a lot, he had mostly Bs/B+s the first grading period.[/quote]

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