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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Related question (sorry to hijack): what about 8th grade courses?  Does it show all of the ones that are "high school level" (foreign language, algebra, computer science) or can you pick and choose which ones will show up on the high school transcript?[/quote]

I'm not sure if you can keep some and delete others. In general kids with a strong GPA will remove the classes they took in MS because admissions officers who see that you took French 2 in HS will be able to figure out that you must have taken French 1 before HS. [/quote]

Those classes will appear, yes. However, you can have [b]high school classes taken in middle school removed from the transcript and cumulative GPA calculation,[/b] if you wish. You cannot remove a high school course taken in high school.[/quote]

One caveat here, if the course had an associated SOL needed for graduation it has to stay on the transcript (unless there were later SOLs. This is mainly an issue for accelerated math. I don't recall all the specifics but when we discussed it with DS's counselor late in junior year she said he had to keep his geometry in 8th grade because of that. So, discuss it with the counselor sooner rather than later.[/quote]
You need a certain number of verified credits to graduate. (Verified credits are courses for which the kid took the associated SOL.) So, you can drop a MS course so long as you have other verified credits within that subject to meet graduation requirements. Best to ask your counselor.

Question for veteran parents. I believe the attraction for dropping MS courses that yield HS credit is that they don't generate honors bonuses for GPA calculations. Thus, say a kid has all As in MS and HS.  They would have a higher GPA in HS if they dropped the MS courses that yielded HS credits because their GPA would not be diluted with courses that don't convey a GPA bonus. For parents that have gone through this, is that right?[/quote]
Yes, exactly. A straight-A student who has taken AP and IB classes will have a higher weighted GPA if they get rid of the MS classes.[/quote]
Why don't they just fix this GPA anomaly so that kids don't have to jump through hoops deleting MS courses?[/quote]

Um, for some kids, the middle school grades will boost the GPA. If you had As in middle school and Bs in high school, those As will bring up the average. [/quote]

Yes, that aligns with PP's comment to eliminate the hoop jumping. It's the other kids whose MS A's lower their GPA that drop their MS classes. 
Either all MS courses taken for high school credit should count, or none of them should - for every student. period.  Students taking high school level classes in MS should already have an edge because their high school courseload should be more rigorous than their peers who are taking grade-level classes. There shouldn't be a need for numbers-games. If you don't want an A to count from a middle school course, then why take it? Again, you're still at an advantage if you're taking more advanced levels of a subject than your classmates, that's why. If you screw it up, you screw it up. Regardless of individual course grades, the schools (countrywide so it's standard) should either not include them in their HS GPA or include them. If anything, it's the more average/below average student who needs a break for college competitiveness.[/quote]

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