Anonymous
Post 12/03/2022 21:41     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
GPA needs to die.

Averaging and comparing grades across different subjects and teachers is completely idiotic. Is orchestra harder than art? History or Chemistry? Does a weighted A in "Honors" geometry cancel out a B in English? Any college that admits based on GPA is stupid.


And don't even get me started on "merit"-based scholarships. Only students who are already educated deserve a higher education?

Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 13:31     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lots of minsinformation on this thread as the policy has changed in the last year.

It used to be this years senior class and older were stuck with the grade on the transcript unless they’d opted out in non th grade.

But now it only is calculated into gpa if it helps the student.

If it’s being calculated into gpa, that’s wrong and you should email the counselor.


But based on unweighted gpa. They are still being calculated in even if they hurt weighted GPA, as discussed above.


Also still on transcript


Yes - still on transcript. And at least on our SGGCR, with a asterisk next to the B grade saying it wasn’t included in GPA.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 13:27     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lots of minsinformation on this thread as the policy has changed in the last year.

It used to be this years senior class and older were stuck with the grade on the transcript unless they’d opted out in non th grade.

But now it only is calculated into gpa if it helps the student.

If it’s being calculated into gpa, that’s wrong and you should email the counselor.


But based on unweighted gpa. They are still being calculated in even if they hurt weighted GPA, as discussed above.


Also still on transcript
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 12:48     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:Lots of minsinformation on this thread as the policy has changed in the last year.

It used to be this years senior class and older were stuck with the grade on the transcript unless they’d opted out in non th grade.

But now it only is calculated into gpa if it helps the student.

If it’s being calculated into gpa, that’s wrong and you should email the counselor.


But based on unweighted gpa. They are still being calculated in even if they hurt weighted GPA, as discussed above.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 12:32     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Lots of minsinformation on this thread as the policy has changed in the last year.

It used to be this years senior class and older were stuck with the grade on the transcript unless they’d opted out in non th grade.

But now it only is calculated into gpa if it helps the student.

If it’s being calculated into gpa, that’s wrong and you should email the counselor.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2022 12:01     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, it is a B. I mean seriously you are acting like it is a D. Colleges recalculate GPAs so you can sleep tight tonight.


You must have no clue the competition these kids are facing. Every grade matters if it affects GPA.

It does not. This is a perception propagated by parents who came from another country where student ranking matters for university admission a whole lot more than it does here. When students are in the top 5-10% of their school's graduating cohort, the emphasis shifts from GPA/test scores to other aspects of the student's application. 3.95 GPA vs. 4.0 are the same. 4.6 WGPA vs. 4.7, is the same. 1580 SAT vs 1600 SAT is the same. How do I know? My unhooked DC was in the top 50 kids of their class - not perfect academically. Still admitted to 3 (of 6 applied to) T20 colleges, where peers with "better" academics were not.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 22:34     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:Here is the language used in Regulation IKC-RA:

"For students who entered Grade 6 during or after the 2016-2017 school year, the final grade and credit earned for high school courses successfully completed while in middle school will be reported on the high school transcript, but will not be calculated into the cumulative GPA, unless the grade earned improves the student’s cumulative GPA. If the course grade for a high school course taken in middle school improves the student’s cumulative GPA, it will be applied automatically by MCPS. Parents/guardians may opt out of the automatic calculation by contacting the school counselor."

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf


Thank you!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 22:31     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:OP, it is a B. I mean seriously you are acting like it is a D. Colleges recalculate GPAs so you can sleep tight tonight.


You must have no clue the competition these kids are facing. Every grade matters if it affects GPA.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 22:30     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:What grade is your daughter currently in?

I think beginning with the kids who are currently in 10th grade, a student can elect to remove a grade, but not a course, from the transcript. Meaning, French would show up, with no grade.

If a student retakes the class, they can elect which grade is used in GPA calculation. But that won't apply here since it is 2 different classes.

So, back to my first question, what's your daughter's current grade?


DD is a sophomore.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 22:19     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:Most colleges use unweighted and recalc based on their own formulae.

Should have clarified: Most selective colleges of the sort DCUM parents care about use unweighted...
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 22:15     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Most colleges use unweighted and recalc based on their own formulae.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 21:09     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The MS class remains listed on the transcript but if the grade would pull down the HS GPA, it will not be factored in.


This. At least for current juniors. But I think the calculation is only based on unweighted GPA so unweighted course (eg for Spanish 1 and 2, Algebra 1) As stay in and bring down the weighted GPA if above 4.0.


Which is more important for college admissions - weighted or unweighted GPA? Because if I requested to remove
those As from gpa calculation, unweighted GPA would go down but weighted would go up. I think for UMD, they use weighted gpa? But private more often unweighted?

There is no way to know for sure what is important for colleges. Doubt anyone is looking at middle school grades though...


But if the college doesn’t recalculate (as a large public is less likely to do), that’s probably 6 unweighted semester grades for a typical kid (Span 1 & 2 and Algebra). Some may also have honors Geometry and Spanish 3. So a total of 10 grades, which is nearly an entire year’s worth. That’s a big impact on GPA, particularly weighted for many.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 21:04     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The MS class remains listed on the transcript but if the grade would pull down the HS GPA, it will not be factored in.


This. At least for current juniors. But I think the calculation is only based on unweighted GPA so unweighted course (eg for Spanish 1 and 2, Algebra 1) As stay in and bring down the weighted GPA if above 4.0.


Which is more important for college admissions - weighted or unweighted GPA? Because if I requested to remove
those As from gpa calculation, unweighted GPA would go down but weighted would go up. I think for UMD, they use weighted gpa? But private more often unweighted?

There is no way to know for sure what is important for colleges. Doubt anyone is looking at middle school grades though...
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 20:42     Subject: Re:Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The MS class remains listed on the transcript but if the grade would pull down the HS GPA, it will not be factored in.


This. At least for current juniors. But I think the calculation is only based on unweighted GPA so unweighted course (eg for Spanish 1 and 2, Algebra 1) As stay in and bring down the weighted GPA if above 4.0.


Which is more important for college admissions - weighted or unweighted GPA? Because if I requested to remove
those As from gpa calculation, unweighted GPA would go down but weighted would go up. I think for UMD, they use weighted gpa? But private more often unweighted?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2022 20:38     Subject: Any way to strike a MS grade from HS transcript?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, it is a B. I mean seriously you are acting like it is a D. Colleges recalculate GPAs so you can sleep tight tonight.


Well if most of the peers (same school) got an A, then B is bad. No matter how GPA is recalculated, a B from same school will always be less than an A.


Colleges probably won’t see the middle school’s name.


They won't.. but it is showing up on the hs transcript. Either way, this grade won't matter too much.