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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]

Further info from U Chicago admissions; 
37,000 applications. They consider 80%, or about 25,000 to be "academically qualified"
Of that 25,000, they are going to offer admissions to about 2200 students, in order to get 1500 accepted.

Those sort of numbers likely apply to all highly competitive schools. For U Chicago, looking for the "impact outside of classroom" (aka extracurriculars) , and having UC tailored essays. Looking to winnow to best fits. Clearly GPA alone isn't enough; though they didn't specifically address MCPS, it was obvious they were aware of the state of shenanigans of GPAs at many a "top rated" school district.

Also, when one needs to winnow 90+% of qualified students (the 25,000 down to 2,200), clearly it's something of a crap shoot as to acceptance or not.

I don't think it's only MCPS that has codified the "Lake Wobegon Effect", where "all students are above average", into their grading policy.
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