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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kid must have had one bad essay, bad extracurriculars and also is white or Asian. We live in McLean. There are many families who stretch their housing budgets to live here. Not everyone is rich, especially in the public schools. Most of the rich kids attend private schools. It is also very annoying to hear that kids have a 4.5+ because of grade inflation. It is difficult to get all As in all honors/AP classes. [/quote] [quote=Anonymous] Agreed, I don’t feel there is grade inflation in the honors and AP classes at Mclean, at least not in terms of getting As. It may be fairly easy to pull at least Bs but my bright and very diligent student is working his butt off trying to pull As instead of A minuses or B pluses in these classes. [/quote] We also have a kid in McLean. FCPS does not let most kids take APs in 9th grade and only AP World History in 10th grade. If DC takes all possible honors and APs (including for foreign language), the max weighted GPA is about 4.5. It could be theoretically higher if DC does dual enrollment or is on a very advanced math track but the former doesn't get much traction if it's a NVCC course and the kids on the latter track are/should be at TJ anyway. Also, there may be grade inflation in the courses but it is really dependent on the teacher. For example, one MHS English teacher is notorious for having an extremely tough curve, regardless of whether the class is regular, honors or AP. YMMV, in other words. My older DC graduated from MHS in 2021; about 20% of the class had academic honors, e.g., a weighted GPA of at least 4.0. Perhaps that is grade inflation relative to 30-40 years ago, but it's not really grade inflation when compared with other counties that let kids start APs in 9th grade, or have a different weighting system. Finally, the wailing and lamentations of McLean/Langley parents regarding UVA/VT/W&M is because many are financially constrained. They couldn't swing the costs of a Potomac, Landon or a Big 3, but wanted good opportunities from a higher income public high school district so they moved to McLean and Great Falls. They got those opportunities, but not the access to UVA/VT/W&M that they were counting on, [b]so they have to move on to JMU/GMU/VCU, etc., because they can't afford OOS public or private costs.[/b] Not saying that we should feel pity for them, but just wanted to put this into context.[/quote] No one here is "wailing and lamenting" the fact that they live in McLean/GF but can't afford OOS schools - at least, no more than people who live in other parts of the county are complaining about the same thing. They're simply stating that not everyone who lives in those areas is "rich." That's a fact. As for JMU/GMU/VCU - all are very good schools to which I would be happy to send my kids. Not everyone is gunning for UVA/VT/WM. :roll: [/quote]
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