Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 09:56     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Anonymous wrote:Just to be clear, a student could earn half As and half Bs on every report card (3.5 or so on each report card), however, as long as they always go A + B on each class, they will have all As for semester grades. The student will then have a 4.0 on their college transcript. This is even though they have never earned a 4.0 in their life on the report card.

Is this right?


Not right.

1. It's a High School transcript.
2. They have a 4.0 every semester, which is when GPAs are calculated.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 07:03     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just to be clear, a student could earn half As and half Bs on every report card (3.5 or so on each report card), however, as long as they always go A + B on each class, they will have all As for semester grades. The student will then have a 4.0 on their college transcript. This is even though they have never earned a 4.0 in their life on the report card.

Is this right?


Yes. The kids all know this hack. You can focus on 3 classes o e quarter and two the next (or vice versa) and only worry about getting A’s in those classes. DD and her friends all ascribe to some version of this plan. I can’t really argue against it since the system was set up this way.

We do this every day in our work places, prioritizing one project over another - whether deciding what construction can happen with the current forecast or triaging in an Emergency Department. It's life-prep.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 07:01     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just to be clear, a student could earn half As and half Bs on every report card (3.5 or so on each report card), however, as long as they always go A + B on each class, they will have all As for semester grades. The student will then have a 4.0 on their college transcript. This is even though they have never earned a 4.0 in their life on the report card.

Is this right?


Yes. The kids all know this hack. You can focus on 3 classes o e quarter and two the next (or vice versa) and only worry about getting A’s in those classes. DD and her friends all ascribe to some version of this plan. I can’t really argue against it since the system was set up this way.

real world math!
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 05:37     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Anonymous wrote:Just to be clear, a student could earn half As and half Bs on every report card (3.5 or so on each report card), however, as long as they always go A + B on each class, they will have all As for semester grades. The student will then have a 4.0 on their college transcript. This is even though they have never earned a 4.0 in their life on the report card.

Is this right?


Yes. The kids all know this hack. You can focus on 3 classes o e quarter and two the next (or vice versa) and only worry about getting A’s in those classes. DD and her friends all ascribe to some version of this plan. I can’t really argue against it since the system was set up this way.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 05:19     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Just to be clear, a student could earn half As and half Bs on every report card (3.5 or so on each report card), however, as long as they always go A + B on each class, they will have all As for semester grades. The student will then have a 4.0 on their college transcript. This is even though they have never earned a 4.0 in their life on the report card.

Is this right?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 00:08     Subject: Semester v. quarter grades in HS
Anonymous wrote:I'm confused about the quarter v. semester grades. Everyone keeps posting that only semester grades are sent to colleges but the MCPS report card format shows quarterly grades and then a final grade - no semester grades.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/info/grading/traditional-report-card-grade9-12-en.pdf

In looking at my child's report card from last year I see she had the following grades for one class B A B B and the final grade is listed as a B. What would show up in the college transcript? Is there a copy of what that looks like somewhere online?


That PDF is out of date. It has a column for final exam grade, and those were eliminated years ago.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 23:51     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
You can look for your student's SGGCR report from last year in Parentvue Documents to see how the HS classes are split into semesters.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 23:49     Subject: Re:Semester v. quarter grades in HS
A BA then BB would have a semester one grade of A and a semester two grade of B. Each semester grade would show on the transcript separately.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 22:45     Subject: Semester v. quarter grades in HS
I'm confused about the quarter v. semester grades. Everyone keeps posting that only semester grades are sent to colleges but the MCPS report card format shows quarterly grades and then a final grade - no semester grades.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/info/grading/traditional-report-card-grade9-12-en.pdf

In looking at my child's report card from last year I see she had the following grades for one class B A B B and the final grade is listed as a B. What would show up in the college transcript? Is there a copy of what that looks like somewhere online?