Ah, good to know--thanks. My DD had told me she was worried about it. Anyway, sorry/nevermind.

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure? The MCPS website has a page with "High School Mark Patterns" that seems to suggest as much. But maybe I'm misreading it.

Omg you are misreading it.

The * means, as the document says:
"All calculations in the table above are the same as the previous high school grading
table, except where marked with *"




https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/qohs/mark_pattern.pdf

Are you sure? The MCPS website has a page with "High School Mark Patterns" that seems to suggest as much. But maybe I'm misreading it.

Anonymous wrote:So if your kid gets an A first quarter and a B second quarter, the semester grade will be A*. Does that asterisk factor into GPA? (I assume no.) Do colleges notice? (I assume yes.) Mostly just curious.

The asterisk has nothing to do with first quarter and second quarter. The only things that shows on transcripts is semesters grades. The asterisk only appears if it's a HS course taken in MS, because these only get factored into the GPA if they help the gpa.

Is this a new policy?

So if your kid gets an A first quarter and a B second quarter, the semester grade will be A*. Does that asterisk factor into GPA? (I assume no.) Do colleges notice? (I assume yes.) Mostly just curious.