Reply to Do 9th grade grades really count?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Do 9th grade grades really count?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]If your kid has taken courses in middle school that earn high school credits then they will be included in the GPA that will go to the colleges. In MCPS, these are usually foreign language courses as well as Math courses that are usually a year or two accelerated, that students take in middle school, and some of them are Honors courses.  Ask your counselor about it.

If you are applying to colleges for Early Admissions (EA) or Early Decisions (ED), in October and November, in the beginning of 12th grade, then the GPA will also include - HS credits earned in MS, 9, 10 and 11 grade grades.   You will not be able to include the grades from 12th grade because no semester grades will be available, however, you will list the courses that you are taking in 12th grade.

If you are applying to colleges for Regular Admissions, you GPA will include HS credits earned in MS, 9, 10, 11 and 1st Semester of 12th grade.  You will also list the names of the courses you are taking in your 2nd semester of 12th grade.

All grades count but trends are important too.  So it is better to get a C in Math in 9th, a B in 10th and an A in 11th - rather than the reverse.

In the college, the fluff courses will be discarded and the core subjects GPA will be recalculated, weighted in the way the college thinks is important.  So the grades in PE and Art and Health will not be relevant.

English, Math, Science, Foreign Language, History  grades will be weighted and recalculated.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics