Anonymous
11/07/2023 18:03
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:MoCo gives a 1 point bump for honors.
DCPS gives a .5 bump for honors and a 1 pt for AP
Are you KIDDING me?
My kid's GPA would be way higher if we lived in MoCo!
I know the colleges know this, but seriously ... it's a bit crazy. We get .3 for honors and .5 for AP.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:41
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Yep, it’s nuts. My MCPS kid started junior year this year with a 4.83 GPA, with only 3 APs under their belt. The rest was the honors bump.
But I can’t imagine anyone in admissions would see that GPA on an MCPS transcript and think my kid was some kind of academic prodigy. They know.
We all know MCPS is out of 5. They know MCPS is out of 5 too! No you can not get an actual 5.0 but you can get very close, 4.8+ weighted is likely straight As or 1 B all honors classes.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:28
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…
Total fabrication. Hilarious.
Wrong. Some schools pull out math and science to come up with a gpa just for those to make a decision - assume that is true for some engineering school, CS etc.
Oh yeah? What schools?
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:26
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it
This
Schools don't have time to read applications, let alone plug all the kiddos grades in a calculator. Some (if not all) schools send rank in class or note that the kid is top 10% of the class, which is way better criteria than a GPA which is not apples to apples across all schools
Actually most high schools don’t rank anymore.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:25
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…
Total fabrication. Hilarious.
Wrong. Some schools pull out math and science to come up with a gpa just for those to make a decision - assume that is true for some engineering school, CS etc.
And some recalculate with English/Social Studies/Science/Math/World Language.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:20
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Yep, it’s nuts. My MCPS kid started junior year this year with a 4.83 GPA, with only 3 APs under their belt. The rest was the honors bump.
But I can’t imagine anyone in admissions would see that GPA on an MCPS transcript and think my kid was some kind of academic prodigy. They know.
I was wondering how UMD could claim that its incoming class had an average GPA of over 4.3. My kid in APS has taken 11 APs and as of 1st quarter senior year is sitting on a 4.29 weighted with a 4.0 unweighted.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 17:03
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Yep, it’s nuts. My MCPS kid started junior year this year with a 4.83 GPA, with only 3 APs under their belt. The rest was the honors bump.
But I can’t imagine anyone in admissions would see that GPA on an MCPS transcript and think my kid was some kind of academic prodigy. They know.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:58
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…
Total fabrication. Hilarious.
Wrong. Some schools pull out math and science to come up with a gpa just for those to make a decision - assume that is true for some engineering school, CS etc.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:48
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it
This
Schools don't have time to read applications, let alone plug all the kiddos grades in a calculator. Some (if not all) schools send rank in class or note that the kid is top 10% of the class, which is way better criteria than a GPA which is not apples to apples across all schools
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:47
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of people who post their kids' stats are showing GPAs well over 4.0 and I'm curious about the timing. My senior has taken seven AP classes and has gotten As in all but one of them and otherwise has straight As through high school, but the GPA is 4.19 at this point. When people are calculating GPAs of 4.3-4.5 or more, are they including the anticipated senior grades at the end of the year? Or did their kids take a lot more AP classes over the summers? I honestly can't figure out when my son could have taken any more AP classes. There were five on his schedule junior year. He's taking more APs this year, but that will affect his ultimate GPA, not the one he uses when he applies for college.
Thanks.
The common data set the schools use is the GPA at graduation, so the GPA at the time of the application can be in the lower percentile because it is expected to rise. You are kind of locked in for how high the GPA can go, the trick is to minimize the number of classes that top out at 4.0.
...and take them P/F. My kid took 10th grade PE/Health over the summer before 10th and took it pass/fail b/c an A - 4.0 was under what his GPA was... and still is as a Junior.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:46
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…
Less weight to languages?? We were recently told that with grade inflation and optional test scores, class choice is much more important and 4 years of a language is one of the things that stand out (along with the tougher APs like Physics C).
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:44
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Fcps is a .5 bump for honors and a 1.0 bump for APs. Kids don’t take APs over the summer. They take PE and Finance/Econ over the summer and then take more APs during the school year.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:42
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…
Total fabrication. Hilarious.
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:30
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Schools all recalculate the gpa….
Don’t worry about it
This
Anonymous
11/07/2023 16:29
Subject: Question about GPAs over 4.0
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a +1.0 for honors, advanced, and AP and DE.
So
4 core classes plus World language gets you 4.6+ before you add weighted electives.
In Virginia, that would be a 4.3+
Also these days every class in MoCo is honors to make sure kids don't feel bad
Yeah - I know a few MoCo kids with GPA's over 4.5 and SATs just at 1300. If it was one - I would say a bad test taker. Since it is more than one I think it is grade inflation.
Yes and colleges know this…
The selective schools recalculate (more weight to core subjects less weight to languages and electives ) etc…