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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ hasn't changed it's grading scale to 4.5, it's just that all the academic courses are considered the equivalent of FCPS honors level courses, which get a 0.5 bump on weighted GPA. TJ still has some classes that don't get the bump and unweighted GPA is computed on 4.0 scale. [/quote]

That's the same as most schools that have weighted grades. If you don't take the honors level or AP classes, you are on a 4.0 scale. TJ is supposed to be one of the best high schools in the country though - wonder why they think their kids need any bump. Aren't all their classes supposed to be hard? That's the line we all get at our schools![/quote]

Grade inflation, including goosing for AP classes, is widespread and pernicious.  That's why it's admirable when schools don't weight grades and maintain deliberately tough grading policies.  Of course, then they have a harder job to educate college admission staff what this all means for an applicant from their school.[/quote]

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