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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many California high schools allow for unlimited retakes, don't punish for late work, etc.  The report details that many of these students come from low-income, English-learning environments.

Even if the UC's still used SAT's they would get the same quality of applicant since they select by high school.

Can you imagine being an OOS student paying $90k a year for something like this?[/quote]

I’m a California parent. Apparently MCPS allows for retakes. When I read that on DCUM, I was surprised. I also read there are “honors” classes for all students, regardless of capability or interest? My son is applying OOS to UMD and it definitely made me pause. What kind of students will be his classmates if the most competitive district in the state of MD (MCPS) has such lenient policies?  At least in California, the top school districts are insanely competitive. Retakes? That would never happen at my child’s school.

They’re not for everyone, but as a California resident the UCs are a state treasure. [/quote]
as someone who was educated in CA, had kids in young ES there, and then moved to MCPS, for the most part, MD public schools are better than CA public schools.

Yes, there is definitely grade inflation in MCPS, but they are trying to address that, including retakes, though my kid's school has never allowed unlimited retakes.

MCPS has some great magnet programs, too.  It's partly why we moved out of the pricey Bay Area, because most public schools don't have gifted or magnet schools, thanks to budget cuts.

BTW, my kid with a 1580 SAT score, and all 5 on 12+ APs,  is at UMD as a dual STEM major.  There are many at UMD like my kid.  Your kid will be fine.

But, agree, I do wish MD had the great public university choices that CA does, but MD is tiny compared to CA.[/quote]

The data says that there are not a lot like your kid at UMD.  36% submit an SAT score, for a total of 2,138 students.

Of these 2,138 students who submitted an SAT score, only 534 students scored above a 1510.  UMD has 5,828 freshman.

And of these 534, using any type regression analysis yields fewer than 150 1550+ scorers, and fewer than 50 1580 scorers.

So out of a freshman population of 5,828, approximately 1.5% are like your child. [/quote]

But 1580 (superscored or otherwise) is in the 99th precentile. So, it tracks. Not over-represented but reasonable. Of course there isn't much distinguishing 1550 from 1580 (one wrong bubble filled or so). [/quote]

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