Anonymous
10/27/2019 21:39
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Biology<Honors Biology><AL Biology><AP/IB Biology ><Post AP (magnet) Biology
If you take Honors Biology in 9th grade, it will be weighted, but colleges know that you did not take AP Biology that most of your cohort did in the same grade. >
so confused, kids usually take biology in 9th grade right? so do they take AP biology again in later years??
When I was in high school (way back in the 80s and in NJ, not Maryland), I took regular biology in 9th, chemistry in 10th, physics in 11th, and AP biology as a senior.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 21:16
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Biology<Honors Biology><AL Biology><AP/IB Biology ><Post AP (magnet) Biology
If you take Honors Biology in 9th grade, it will be weighted, but colleges know that you did not take AP Biology that most of your cohort did in the same grade. >
so confused, kids usually take biology in 9th grade right? so do they take AP biology again in later years??
Anonymous
10/27/2019 21:10
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Where do most 9th graders take AP biology?
Nowhere.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 18:31
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Where do most 9th graders take AP biology?
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:22
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Biology<Honors Biology><AL Biology><AP/IB Biology ><Post AP (magnet) Biology
If you take Honors Biology in 9th grade, it will be weighted, but colleges know that you did not take AP Biology that most of your cohort did in the same grade. >
If you take Honors Biology in 9th grade, it will be weighted, but colleges know that you did not take AP Biology that most of your cohort did in the same grade. >
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:16
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But isn’t IB >AP > honors in terms of rigidity, how is this fair?
It's not fair, but it does "close" the achievement gap.
It does not really matter. Colleges do not take the GPA of MCPS into account. They check to see what are the highest levels of courses offered at the school and what courses the student took. They are using the GPA and transcripts to rank the students in the school and district. That is the reason that AP courses, SAT etc become a great equalizer.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:13
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Honors is a .5 boost. APs are a full point boost.
No. Honors, AP, AL and IB are all weighted 1 point extra by MCPS.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf
However, colleges may weigh them differently.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:11
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:Honors is a .5 boost. APs are a full point boost.
In MCPS, both are a full point boost.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:09
Subject: Re:How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Honors is a .5 boost. APs are a full point boost.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 15:01
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:And remember at some schools they only offer honors level classes in some subjects. Best just to think of it as a 5 point scale for most college bound kids. They will have a few unweighted classes like PE and an elective but almost all will be out of 5. A 4.0 weighted grade is not very impressive.
But my point is why would you take Magnet/IB/AP instead of honors, if you aim to get high GPA
Anonymous
10/27/2019 13:10
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
And remember at some schools they only offer honors level classes in some subjects. Best just to think of it as a 5 point scale for most college bound kids. They will have a few unweighted classes like PE and an elective but almost all will be out of 5. A 4.0 weighted grade is not very impressive.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 13:00
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Anonymous wrote:But isn’t IB >AP > honors in terms of rigidity, how is this fair?
It's not fair, but it does "close" the achievement gap.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 12:16
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
But isn’t IB >AP > honors in terms of rigidity, how is this fair?
Anonymous
10/27/2019 12:02
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Yrs honors, ap, ib, and magnet are all wrighted.
Anonymous
10/27/2019 11:59
Subject: How are honors classes in 9th grade weighted?
Hi. How are 9th grade Honors classes weighted in the calculation of the GPA? Honors US History, Honors Biology, Honor English.....
For example - A = 5, B=4, C=3 and so on?
Many thanks.
For example - A = 5, B=4, C=3 and so on?
Many thanks.