Anonymous
11/19/2025 13:24
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Anonymous wrote:Same reason MCPS reclassified on-level English and Health classes as Honors.
I graduated from MCPS 30 years ago and Honors and AP classes were already weighted the same back then. The difference is that Honors meant something then, while now on-level English, biology and Health are classified as honors.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 12:07
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Anonymous wrote:Does it actually matter at the end of the day how MCPS weights the classes? Colleges admissions would treat Honors Biology/English vs AP Biology/English differently regardless, right?
Maybe we shouldn't weight any classes, so the max anyone's GPA can be is 4.0 -- taking advanced classes still has the benefit of boosting your profile for colleges.
Yes, they will recalculate the GPA according to their own standard formula.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 12:05
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Does it actually matter at the end of the day how MCPS weights the classes? Colleges admissions would treat Honors Biology/English vs AP Biology/English differently regardless, right?
Maybe we shouldn't weight any classes, so the max anyone's GPA can be is 4.0 -- taking advanced classes still has the benefit of boosting your profile for colleges.
Maybe we shouldn't weight any classes, so the max anyone's GPA can be is 4.0 -- taking advanced classes still has the benefit of boosting your profile for colleges.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 12:04
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
https://i.imgur.com/m8myQ6h.png
That's why many colleges now reinstated the requirements for SAT/ACT scores now. Every HSchooler can get a 3.5+ GPA.
That's why many colleges now reinstated the requirements for SAT/ACT scores now. Every HSchooler can get a 3.5+ GPA.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 11:56
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents
This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.
What happens when MCPS-Larlo is a student in college? Do they make it at their grade deflated college?
Anonymous
11/19/2025 10:35
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents
This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.
That is unfair and not true.
It comes from inept and poor leadership within MCPS primarily. And also, a system that sometimes covers up and protects bad teachers from the consequences of poor instruction.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 10:32
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents
This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 08:19
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Same reason MCPS reclassified on-level English and Health classes as Honors.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 21:15
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
All of the above.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 21:10
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Equity
Anonymous
11/18/2025 19:43
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
More grade inflation to look MCPS students look good.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 19:27
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
High GPAs = Happy Parents
Anonymous
11/18/2025 19:26
Subject: Re:Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Because MCPS is incompetent.
Anonymous
11/18/2025 18:18
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
I think McPS central office was supposed to be reviewing which classes had honors designations as part of the new grading policy but if anything came of it, I never saw it
Anonymous
11/18/2025 16:33
Subject: Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?
Honors classes are weighted inbetween on-level and AP courses in most districts