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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone on College Confidential posted this yesterday:

This is what I did:
I have a 3.5 weighted. which is approx 2.9-3.1 UW(my school doesn't give UW GPA), and a 35 ACT
I got into: UMich+Bates College(top choice via ed)
advice:
a.) Have other parts of your application that really shines-- and start your essay rly early to show that.
b.) do well on ur ap exams
c.) apply to a wide range of schools---don't hang on one tree
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And the OP's son has a 3.65 UNWEIGHTED at a top private school.

And honestly, why aren't high schools giving out unweighted grades?  What a scam.  My DC's school gives out literal number grades and does not weigh the for AP.  So an 89 on an AP is reported as 89 out of a 100 on the transcript sent to colleges. [/quote]

Wow.  Your school is really screwing things up for its graduates.[/quote]

Why is it?  It is the honest score.  They get a 0.5 bump in GPA, so it would come up as a 4.0 for that class, but many high caliber schools show 1-100 scale grades to differentiate the top kids.  I personally like it and my child isn't even at the tippy top.

Would you want your your child to get a 98 all 4 quarters and another child gets 79.5, 89.5, 79.5, 89.5 and still get the same grade as you on a transcript sent to colleges?  Because that is what MCPS does with it's grading system and I have seen high caliber kids get really screwed in college admissions, especially if they need FA and the 79/89 kids do not.

I personally think all final grades should be 1-100 based to be sent to colleges.  The 4.0 GPA scale is a scam.  Now people have 5.0 and even 6.0 scales.  I mean these colleges SAY they can differentiate and plug them into their system, but they truly can not be accurate unless it is a number base scale.   [/quote]

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