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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that the process is not transparent, and there probably should be a test component (or use CAPE scores).  What they shouldn’t do is consider the difficultly of the kids” course load.  That would be completely unfair and take certain schools out of the running.  This isn’t a college application.  [/quote]

I do think you could weight grades in courses as long as 4.0 was the max. So like a B+ in Geometry would at least be worth the same 4.0 as the A in remedial math. [/quote]

How would you balance that with a kid who goes to a school that doesn’t offer Geometry but gets an A- in 8th grade math?  I just don’t think this is fair.

But even if you could figure out a fair weighted system, the manpower that would go into recalculating GPAs is not possible.  The turn around for interview invites is pretty tight.  Especially given that the person who runs admissions is not an admissions officer like at a private school.  They have many other responsibilities and asking them to hand calculate weighted GPAs by class taken is not feasible at all.[/quote]

A kid getting an A- in DCPS in standard math is not getting better than that in an accelerated class. [/quote]

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