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[quote=Anonymous]I can't speak to any other system, but for MCPS specifically, the inflationary impact of having Honors, AP and IB classes all weighted the same, combined with an 89.5 (or higher) one quarter plus a 79.5 (or higher) the other quarter of a semester yielding the exact same semester grade as a 100 both quarters, is well known to the admissions offices of all top schools.  At most high performing MCPS high schools, there are way more kids graduating  with straight As every year than get into T10 or T15 schools.  The only way to graduate with 5.0 is to some way have avoided the PE requirement.

Because they understand that the important issue is whether you get As in the most rigorous classes -- not whether you have a 4.8 versus a 4.9 -- I don't know any kid who declined to take PE as a freshman, when their friends did, but perhaps the culture at other schools is different.  But to answer OP -- coming from MCPS, no, a 5.0 won't get you anywhere that an unweighted 4.0 in rigorous classes will get you, regardless of the weighted GPA that results.[/quote]

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