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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a rising senior (finishing junior right now).  Rigorous private high school.  Recovering a lot of points towards the end but just not enough.  What is a realistic outlook on college application?  Focusing on T40-60?  Is that realistic?  For context, B+ to A are considered good grades in DC’s school.  DC gets mostly As in other courses, nothing below B+.  Won’t major in math or engineering.[/quote]

Hi OP please know that there are people in the private school universe who understand your dilemma and are pulling for your kid. We get it. Understand that very few kids are taking this class as a junior. Ask me how I know? I would set up an appointment with point of contact for your grade. Do not push this aside. You should be direct and say the facts-know how many kids take this class and bring up you are concerned that this will be lost in the mix. Put this on the school as to how they will figure this out. Work out a plan together on how to overcome this? Maybe it is an online class? Maybe it is taking over this summer? Maybe it is tutoring to make sure he rocks BC. The most important thing is respectfully make a point that if your kid was in public this would be a B plus because they get a point for AP on top of grade. Make sure you are all on same page. It is better to figure this out now than wait until senior year. If you are talking about a kid with mostly As and this is an anomaly then this should be used as an asset for applications. Understand that if you do not have this sort of curriculum you will not get advice on DCUM that will be helpful. Good luck and tell you kid he is awesome!![/quote]

Our public 1/3rd get C's in Calc. Not sure where you get the idea this kid would have pulled a B+ at a public.[/quote]

They just mean that the C+, ordinarily a 2.3, would be a 3.3 with the GPA bump for taking an AP. Rigorous privates are too good for AP courses or GPA bumps, so kids like OP’s just get screwed. [/quote]

You’re confused. You’re thinking a private school kid’s GPA with no grade bump will be compared to a public school kid’s GPA with a grade bump. Both transcripts will show the actual grade earned, without the grade bump added next to the course name.

Also, since OP said the kid is doing stuff to bring the grade up, the private school kid’s already has an advantage over my public school kid. You talk as if it is hard at privates only, and the kid would be skating through in public school.

My guess is at least some of this kid’s classmates have much higher than a C+.  [/quote]

I can promise you very few private school kids take AB advanced calc as a junior. Those are facts. This poor kid should not feel like they are at a college disadvantage. This kid’s parents should ask the school how this will be managed comparing this class to what the rest
of the grade took junior year. This is tricky because there will be students from the school who take Advanced AB Calc senior year and that is also a fairly small universe because not everyone does this and not everyone takes math senior year . Parents should make sure this is included somehow. [/quote]

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