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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No pressure to take intensified classes since there aren’t any at HB and therefore kids will always be in the most rigorous classes for purposes of colleges until they take AP their junior or senior year.  This does not seem fair.[/quote]

What is the unfair advantage? Being less challenged before going on to college?

I don't know who the H-B hater is on this board but you need to find a productive hobby. This one is pretty sad. [/quote]

Don’t be coy. The counselors will mark their transcript “most rigorous” and they are ranked the same as a IB diploma WL grad. Admissions aren’t looking at individual courses for every applicant. On top of the small school size it’s a great advantage.

They are challenged fine, because the on level courses can be taught with more rigor because they don’t have kids who can barely read with checkout parents in their general population (thanks opt in only lottery). [/quote]

You don't get it at all. If the regular courses are taught with the same rigor and the kid gets a B+, it will be a B+ in a regular course. Much better to get a B+ in a course marked Intensified at a regular high school. [/quote]

You don't get it. a B+ in gen ed is the same in the GPA as a B+ in intensified. [/quote]

Oh boy, you really don't get it do you? Colleges don't give a hoot about the weighted GPA that each school sends to them. They look at the grades a student received in the rigor of classes. So yes, a B+ in a regular but just as intense as "intensified" class is going to look worse than a B+ in an "intensified" class.[/quote]

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