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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You really need to look at Naviance numbers for your specific high school because colleges have different grades selection criteria for different high schools. It my kids school, the magic number for both UVa and William & Mary seems to be a 4.26 Weighted GPA. Anyone at or above that number was accepted and everyone below was rejected, over the last 5 years. Obviously, test scores matter, but with prep classes now, your kid has some control over their scores.

Off topic, but I am little flustered by the apparent grade requirement. I am struggling to figure out how my kid will get to that number despite having almost straight A's and taking a very hard class schedule because there is no added grade bump in Arlington except for AP/IB classes (no .5 bump for honors classes, like in Fairfax). In fact, A's from non-AP classes from middle school and high school bring down the GPA, and it is too late to expunge these grades once the kids starts high school. Also, most kids take a relatively small number of AP classes until 11th grade (especially kids is in Band or other performance class that takes up an elective and prevent the kids from taking an AP elective class, such as Art History. Psychology, Computer Science), and senior grades either aren't included for early applications or only the 1st semester grade are sent. [/quote]

If it helps, I [i]think[/i] the weighted GPAs used on Naviance represent student GPAs at the time of graduation.  (I can't verify this with my own kid's Naviance data points because she managed to have exactly the same GPA at the end of 11th and 12th).   Honestly, I can't think of any other explanation for the sheer number of kids appearing with a 4.3-4.5 GPA on the FCPS scattergrams.  I don't think [i]that[/i] many students could have those grades at the end of junior year (in our HS, most kids take zero to two APs before 11th).

If you think about it, it makes sense.  The schools collect the information at the end of senior year - Naviance doesn't get updated in real time or capture the student's GPA at the time of filing the application.  Still, I spend time worrying that my kid will only have about a 3.996 at the end of junior year if his semester grades hold, wonder if it will be rounded up to 4.0, and otherwise feel like a crazy person.[/quote]

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