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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is OP...it’s more like she was an A- student freshman year, solid A sophomore and will be back down to A- if she can’t get up her tougher classes. I was just wondering if it even matters if the GPA fluctuates less than 0.5 points over this time. I mean the classes are much harder!!

And we aren’t aiming for top 20[/quote]

It won't matter.  Please don't tell your hardworking A/A- student that she needs to "turn it around" or "get it back in gear quick."   If she has more weighted classes, her GPA for the year may still be higher than last year (if you're in a district that puts weighted GPAs only on the transcript).

My senior had a couple of B/B+ grades freshman year, all As and A- sophomore, and one B and one B+ junior year.  He had two honors courses in 10th, and took 4 honors and 2 APs in 11th.  I'll report back if he is shut out of colleges based on this disturbing pattern.  DCUMers like to pretend that it's the norm for kids to graduate with all As and 12 AP classes.[/quote]

Honors classes are meaningless, they are just a notch above remedial, they are "on track". It really is the AP classes that make a difference both in terms of vigor and GPA. If your kid was in HS during the 1980s "honor" classes would be fine, but now they don't cut it.[/quote]

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