Anonymous
Post 09/25/2023 07:08     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:MCPS has the easiest grading system in the country. A 4.0 UW is pretty easy when 79.5 and an 89.5 = an A

They also don’t have plus and minus letters to differentiate. And a lot of redos are allowed.


This doesn’t apply to rmib.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2023 00:47     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:I've heard a lot of people say that the IB program at RM is harder, and so fewer kids are getting A's in the classes. But does anyone have any sense of what the average GPA is there? Or how many kids end up with the UW 4.0?


The people who have posted earlier are outliers. Most kids DC knows do not have a 4.0 unweighted. They have a B here and there.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 23:41     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DC graduated RMIB last year. There were a fair number of kids with a uwgpa of 4.0, my DC included. The workload is a lot, but these are very high achieving kids.

The link doesn't give you the gpa, but it gives you all the other academic stats.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile-insert.pdf?usp=sharing


That’s a mistake. For the whole school

Thanks for the link. Is it me, or do these SAT scores seem surprising low?

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2022
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 645 Mathematics 652 Total - 1297

I would have expected significantly higher scores for the RMIB class of 122 students, especially in reading/writing.. so I must be missing something here. Aren't Blair SMCS SAT scores in the 700+ for each subject, and similar at TJ over in VA?


It seems to me that these scores are for the whole class of 2022. Not just the IB student.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 22:27     Subject: RMIB GPAs
This is the link for the school profile. It does show gpa ranges. Over 50% have between a 3.5 and 4.0uw. https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile.pdf
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 22:18     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DC graduated RMIB last year. There were a fair number of kids with a uwgpa of 4.0, my DC included. The workload is a lot, but these are very high achieving kids.

The link doesn't give you the gpa, but it gives you all the other academic stats.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile-insert.pdf?usp=sharing


That’s a mistake. For the whole school

Thanks for the link. Is it me, or do these SAT scores seem surprising low?

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2022
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 645 Mathematics 652 Total - 1297

I would have expected significantly higher scores for the RMIB class of 122 students, especially in reading/writing.. so I must be missing something here. Aren't Blair SMCS SAT scores in the 700+ for each subject, and similar at TJ over in VA?
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 22:13     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:My DC graduated RMIB last year. There were a fair number of kids with a uwgpa of 4.0, my DC included. The workload is a lot, but these are very high achieving kids.

The link doesn't give you the gpa, but it gives you all the other academic stats.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile-insert.pdf?usp=sharing


Thanks for the link. Is it me, or do these SAT scores seem surprising low?

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2022
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 645 Mathematics 652 Total - 1297

I would have expected significantly higher scores for the RMIB class of 122 students, especially in reading/writing.. so I must be missing something here. Aren't Blair SMCS SAT scores in the 700+ for each subject, and similar at TJ over in VA?
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 22:00     Subject: RMIB GPAs
MCPS has the easiest grading system in the country. A 4.0 UW is pretty easy when 79.5 and an 89.5 = an A

They also don’t have plus and minus letters to differentiate. And a lot of redos are allowed.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 20:19     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:With the IB the grading is different anyway, so the GPA isn't as significant overall

they get two types of grades:

the regular A-E grades for their GPA
IB grades 1- 7 that is not part of the GPA
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 20:16     Subject: RMIB GPAs
With the IB the grading is different anyway, so the GPA isn't as significant overall
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 20:09     Subject: RMIB GPAs
DS has an unweighted 4, don't know how he ranks in the program overall.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 19:59     Subject: RMIB GPAs
Anonymous wrote:UW 4

DD is an average kid in the program
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 19:58     Subject: RMIB GPAs
My DC graduated RMIB last year. There were a fair number of kids with a uwgpa of 4.0, my DC included. The workload is a lot, but these are very high achieving kids.

The link doesn't give you the gpa, but it gives you all the other academic stats.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/5451_23_rmhs-profile-insert.pdf?usp=sharing
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 19:58     Subject: RMIB GPAs
UW 4
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 19:39     Subject: RMIB GPAs
My DD, a RMIB senior, has an UW 4.0 through Junior year. The kids don’t talk much about grades so she doesn’t have a sense of how she ranks. She is not at the tippy top of difficult classes. I’d say she is above average difficulty but not extreme.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2023 19:31     Subject: RMIB GPAs
I've heard a lot of people say that the IB program at RM is harder, and so fewer kids are getting A's in the classes. But does anyone have any sense of what the average GPA is there? Or how many kids end up with the UW 4.0?