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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why you shouldn't rush your kids ahead of their  comfort level in math.

If OP's kid stayed on a sustainable track, the kid could be in Honors Precalc that year instead of AB, and then take Calc BC at the same time as they are in reality, but with As and a solid understanding, instead of rushing and hitting a wall. 
Now the kid looks like someone chasing higher levels without learning lower levels well. [/quote]

She has a B+. Chill.[/quote]

Seriously.

The raw scoring difference between an A grade and a B grade (because colleges typically drop the + and - notations when recalculating and standardizing GPAs for all applicants) might be as little 1 - 2 points.

One kid at 90.1 with an A vs. another kid at 89.4 with a B, and you think AOs are differentiating the latter as “unprepared” for the content??[/quote]

You got it backwards. 
Recalculating means thay an 89 is effectively an 85 and 90 is effectively a 95. They don't say "oh maybe it was a 89" they say "it's a B". GPA drops 0.05 (20 core curses 1 point per letter).
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