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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS scored a 36 on the ACT this past February.  While we are thrilled, we wonder if his chances to get into a selective school will be hurt by the fact that his GPA is only a 4.1 (private school) and all his public school friends are getting 4.5.  DS did not max out with APs and was not even able to take an AP until his sophomore year (only one available).  He will be taking 4 APs next year, and that should help.  But to be competing against these kids who take multiple APs in their freshman and sophomore years is worrisome, unless truly the admissions people are aware of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Frankly, I think standardized test scores are a better indicator of future success.  I am sure many of these kids getting 4.5 GPA in public schools are not getting perfect ACT scores like DS.[/quote]

Your kid sounds like he is doing great.  I don’t think you have to worry about him looking bad compared to MCPS kids.  The top colleges are only going to take a few kids from each school.  He will be compared to others at his school.  The ones who are at a disadvantage are the top kids at MCPS, who can’t distinguish themselves based on grades from those kids getting the low As.

Has anyone heard of admissions officers looking behind the MCPS transcript grades to actually see what the kid got per quarter, or the percentage?  I’m pretty sure they don’t weight Honors classes and AP classes the same when the redo the calculations - that is easy to see from the transcript and they certainly know the difference.[/quote]

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