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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for posting that link....a couple of things jump out:

1) a 3.8 GPA is regarded the same as a 4.0 for the purpose of their rubric...given how easy grading is (at least at my child's middle school), that's really interesting.  A child who has two  B+, two A-s and one A in the five core classes (and As in PE, Music, Art, and Health) would be given the same 5 points as a kid with all As.

2) The 31/36 points given to the interview is just bizarre.  Where on earth did they come up with that ratio and do they provide the specific rubric for that anywhere?  86% weight for the subjective interview seems like a recipe for abuse.....[/quote]

Your scenario in #1 would be a 3.6 not 3.8.[/quote]

average of 3.3 + 3.3 + 3.7 + 3.7 + 4.0 + 4.0 *2 (for the 4 electives, each with 0.5 credit) = 3.75, rounded to 3.8[/quote]

You wrote 5 core classes and said 2 B+ 2 A- and one A.[/quote]

Correct....and B+ = 3.3; A- = 3.7; A = 4.0 so....take the average of:

the five core classes of 2 B+, 2 A-, and 1 A = 3.3 + 3.3 + 3.7 + 3.7 + 4.0 
the 4 half credit electives of all As = 4*1/2*4.0

= the average of 3.3 + 3.3 + 3.7 + 3.7 + 4.0 + 4.0 *2 = 3.75
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My DD did not make the cut last year w 3.75[/quote]

That's not the point of the prior posts...the point is that, whatever the cutoff is (e.g., 3.8, 3.82) once you've met that threshold, they put very little weight on grades (5 out of 36 points) AND they treat anything between 3.8-4 as the same (i.e., you get 5 points for being in that bucket). So in the example above, a child with 2 B+, 2 A-, and 1 A in core classes gets treated the same as a student with all As.  That might be fine if: 1) it weren't for the insane grade inflation; and 2) there were other factors being considered besides an interview.[/quote]

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