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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at a top private.  I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.  [/quote]

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t. [/quote]

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.
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The "retesting" policy in our FCPS public is that some (not all) teachers will allow one retake on a test (not on quizzes which often comprise more of the grade) and the maximum grade you can get is a B- on the retake, even if you got 100%--so the chance of it resulting in an A in the class is very, very low.  So it's more about preventing failing than getting into selective colleges.  My kid who has had some B's in classes has never had a retake.  Work level is very high in some courses,
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There are no more retakes since it is now standards based grading. This means you are constantly tested on concepts over and over and whatever your grade was on the last test for that standard is now what your grade is in that standard. [/quote]

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