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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is absurd to me that a kid with a 89.5 and an 80 can earn an A. My own child included.

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I agree.  Crazy logic and it’s not mathematically sound.  [/quote]

Not to mention an entire point boost from taking an honors course, which we all know is basically a non-remedial class

[b]A Georgetown college advisor said MCPS doesn't separate the true top of the kids from the working to just pull out an A.  And that is why parents go INSANE for extra curriculars and extras and top scores in testing.  To set them apart from the 79.5 and 89.5 getting A students.[/b] [/quote]

I'm curious, what other insights did the college advisor have on how the university evaluates MCPS students?[/quote]

She said it is really hard. Course load, athletics/extracurriculars, ACT/SAT score, and if they do other stand out or leadership positions. Legacy and/or showing continued interest. But she was very adamant it is much easier to chose private school kids because of their harsh grading system. I know many that a 92 or 94 and higher are A’s. Below 70 is failing. Or they show number out of 100 grade or at least A-, A, A+. [/quote]

Parents definitely need to keep this in mind when applying for colleges.  A 4.0 gpa is not so fabulous.  4.5 or high might stand out some with high rigor classes.  You really need something else because of MCPSs grading scheme.  Even AP is not always significant anymore because AP Environmental Studies is very different than AP Physics C[/quote]

True a 4.0 today is comparable to a 3.0 when I was a kid, which is pretty bad. This is because just about every class is worth 5 points. Seriously, my kid took 3 classes that were worth less than 5.0 before they graduated, but fortunately, colleges don't look at this anyway. They often drop non-academic classes, some drop 9th grade even, and reweight the class value such that honors are worth less than AP, magnet or IB classes. This allows them to differentiate between top tier students much more easily. [/quote]

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