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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not an either/or question. They can “reach big” as long as they identify targets and safeties that they also like.

My humanities kid has a 4.0 uw with 10 APs, top 7% of class, TO. Has gotten into a top 30 LAC (target) with top merit and a few 50%+ admit rate state schools with top merit or honors. Rejected from two top 25 universities, still waiting on a few top 20 SLACs (all of them varying degrees of reaches).[/quote]

I am new to this with a junior as well. Wouldn’t 4.0 uw mean top 1% of class and valedictorian? I mean, there is [b]no better gpa than perfect.[/b]  [/quote]

No, weighted GPA tied to rigor of classes considered. 7% sounds about right for 10 APs. My kid has a 4.95 weighted GPA and is not in the top 1% of his class. 3-5% probably.[/quote]
4.95 is not the top 1%? Wow. I didn’t even know gpas went that high! [/quote]

He's at a magnet, lots of 4.0 UW kids taking top-rigor curriculum. [/quote]

Assuming MCPS magnet, how can a kid get higher than a 4.0.  I thought all kids have Alg 1, Levels 1 and 2 of a language, and PE, all of which are unweighted.  4.95 would mean those 4 classes are 5% of the total, which would mean they took 80 credits.  What am I missing?

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I only know what the SGGCR says, though I made a small error--it's 4.94W not 4.95. Maybe because it includes the high-school-level math and language courses taken in middle school, plus the four extra courses he had to take in summer school in order to have enough elective slots to do orchestra all four years (which is designated honors).[/quote]

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