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Anonymous wrote:If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Colleges move in mysterious ways, so no one "knows" the right answer. I would say the presence of an 8th grade B+ (at a school besides TJ, and presumably easier than TJ) would have little to no impact on college admissions, positive or negative. Meh grade, 1st level language, remote in time. But, it will pull down the GPA. So, I'd expunge.

I can think of one potential downside. You need to maintain a cumulative 3.0 UW GPA to stay at TJ. (Although rumor is they place kids below a 3.0 on academic restrictions in terms of courseload, like no APs, and mandate tutoring and encourage kids to go back to the base HS, but rarely actually kick a kid with a less than 3.0 out. Fortunately we have not had to deal with this IRL). If your kid has a rough 1st year, the 3.3 UW could help them stay above 3.0. But, if you kid has an UW 3.0 at the end of freshman year, the should probably consider returning to their base school anyway.

So no point in keeping then, thanks. I do not think there will be a problem in core subjects, as DC is able to keep up comfortable, except when being sloppy like in case of Spanish. This happened because DC didn't take it seriously and missed some HW or did not take some quizzes seriously with the assumption that it is only a language and one that wasn't particularly interesting for DC. Says won't happen in TJ. I guess we'll wait and figure out.

Anonymous wrote:It is a HS credit and will count on his HS transcript. If he plans to start over with a new language in HS, then there is no reason to keep it on the record. But you can also wait to see the final grade. Many times a B+ can become an A-.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Expunge the grade because the kid doesn't plan to continue in the language and there's no reason to report a random year of Spanish. Don't expunge it because it's a B+ or agree with your kid that it's a low grade that will adversely impact his future. By the end of HS, the B+ would be calculated in with 30 other grades (most of them weighted) and its impact would be minimal.

But the fact that he did one more credit would count for something, wouldn't it?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you can just expunge a credit. You can't in Arlington, anyway. If you re-take a course, the new grade counts (although the old grade still shows) but you can't pretend you didn't take a class.

Anonymous wrote:

If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Expunge the grade because the kid doesn't plan to continue in the language and there's no reason to report a random year of Spanish. Don't expunge it because it's a B+ or agree with your kid that it's a low grade that will adversely impact his future. By the end of HS, the B+ would be calculated in with 30 other grades (most of them weighted) and its impact would be minimal.

If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Colleges move in mysterious ways, so no one "knows" the right answer. I would say the presence of an 8th grade B+ (at a school besides TJ, and presumably easier than TJ) would have little to no impact on college admissions, positive or negative. Meh grade, 1st level language, remote in time. But, it will pull down the GPA. So, I'd expunge.

I can think of one potential downside. You need to maintain a cumulative 3.0 UW GPA to stay at TJ. (Although rumor is they place kids below a 3.0 on academic restrictions in terms of courseload, like no APs, and mandate tutoring and encourage kids to go back to the base HS, but rarely actually kick a kid with a less than 3.0 out. Fortunately we have not had to deal with this IRL). If your kid has a rough 1st year, the 3.3 UW could help them stay above 3.0. But, if you kid has an UW 3.0 at the end of freshman year, the should probably consider returning to their base school anyway.

So no point in keeping then, thanks. I do not think there will be a problem in core subjects, as DC is able to keep up comfortable, except when being sloppy like in case of Spanish. This happened because DC didn't take it seriously and missed some HW or did not take some quizzes seriously with the assumption that it is only a language and one that wasn't particularly interesting for DC. Says won't happen in TJ. I guess we'll wait and figure out.

Ummmm... huh. Next year should be interesting for your DC (and by extension you). And eye opening.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Colleges move in mysterious ways, so no one "knows" the right answer. I would say the presence of an 8th grade B+ (at a school besides TJ, and presumably easier than TJ) would have little to no impact on college admissions, positive or negative. Meh grade, 1st level language, remote in time. But, it will pull down the GPA. So, I'd expunge.

I can think of one potential downside. You need to maintain a cumulative 3.0 UW GPA to stay at TJ. (Although rumor is they place kids below a 3.0 on academic restrictions in terms of courseload, like no APs, and mandate tutoring and encourage kids to go back to the base HS, but rarely actually kick a kid with a less than 3.0 out. Fortunately we have not had to deal with this IRL). If your kid has a rough 1st year, the 3.3 UW could help them stay above 3.0. But, if you kid has an UW 3.0 at the end of freshman year, the should probably consider returning to their base school anyway.

So no point in keeping then, thanks. I do not think there will be a problem in core subjects, as DC is able to keep up comfortable, except when being sloppy like in case of Spanish. This happened because DC didn't take it seriously and missed some HW or did not take some quizzes seriously with the assumption that it is only a language and one that wasn't particularly interesting for DC. Says won't happen in TJ. I guess we'll wait and figure out.

Anonymous wrote:If it's a B+, it will calculate into GPA as a 3.3, since it is an unweighted class. Last year, TJ graduating senior weighted GPA range was about 3.4 to 4.5. Median senior GPA was in the range of 4.2. So, your kid is right that a 3.3 will almost certainly bring his weighted GPA down.

It's hard to believe that a college cares one way or another about the B+ in 8th grade language staying on the report card. The year of language is a plus. The B+ may hurt. But, the class wasn't taken at TJ and was taken before high school.

Colleges move in mysterious ways, so no one "knows" the right answer. I would say the presence of an 8th grade B+ (at a school besides TJ, and presumably easier than TJ) would have little to no impact on college admissions, positive or negative. Meh grade, 1st level language, remote in time. But, it will pull down the GPA. So, I'd expunge.

I can think of one potential downside. You need to maintain a cumulative 3.0 UW GPA to stay at TJ. (Although rumor is they place kids below a 3.0 on academic restrictions in terms of courseload, like no APs, and mandate tutoring and encourage kids to go back to the base HS, but rarely actually kick a kid with a less than 3.0 out. Fortunately we have not had to deal with this IRL). If your kid has a rough 1st year, the 3.3 UW could help them stay above 3.0. But, if you kid has an UW 3.0 at the end of freshman year, the should probably consider returning to their base school anyway.