Anonymous
06/10/2024 15:02
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I assume these are based on weighted GPAs? If your kid placed in top 5 or 10 percent, what HS and what was their approx weighted gpa for which cutoff (e.g., school name, 4.72, top 10%)? Or does anyone know the actual cutoffs?
My DC won the top 5% award a couple weeks ago, along with about 30 other kids, so 5% of their class of 600ish. It was based on weighted GPA I believe but I don’t know the cutoff.
What was their gpa? Which school?
Anonymous
06/10/2024 14:43
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
Anonymous wrote:I assume these are based on weighted GPAs? If your kid placed in top 5 or 10 percent, what HS and what was their approx weighted gpa for which cutoff (e.g., school name, 4.72, top 10%)? Or does anyone know the actual cutoffs?
My DC won the top 5% award a couple weeks ago, along with about 30 other kids, so 5% of their class of 600ish. It was based on weighted GPA I believe but I don’t know the cutoff.
Anonymous
06/10/2024 11:51
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Did you read it?
40% of students are in the top level in that document.
Yes, I did. It’s a good example of why MCPS doesn’t rank. It’s meaningless when kids take all Hon/AP/IB (weight=+1) and have 4.0 unweighted GPA. As far as the award that OP is referencing from the state, I think a school has to apply for that award for their students. RM didn’t the year my DC graduated, and they had 4.0 and the highest possible WGPA, along with 30-40 other kids (guessing from Naviance.)
Ultimately, it’s a meaningless distinction at many of the high schools.
It just means that today a 4.5 is comparable to a 3.5 back before all this nonsense started. Well not quite I mean only 5% of my HS had >3.5.
Anonymous
06/10/2024 11:00
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
What about the original question. Does anyone know what GPA top 5% and 10% had at WJ this year? Or any other high school?
(Not asking about grade inflation or policy changes or whether it matters for college)
(Not asking about grade inflation or policy changes or whether it matters for college)
Anonymous
06/10/2024 07:53
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
My HS 100 years ago was public and sent second highest amount to IVY schools.
We did grading 0-100 all classes with no added points for AP classes.
I think colleges like you saw a real GPA.
And basically impossible to get perfect grades. Even Gym, Drivers Ed, Health, cooking class all graded.
They should go back to that
We did grading 0-100 all classes with no added points for AP classes.
I think colleges like you saw a real GPA.
And basically impossible to get perfect grades. Even Gym, Drivers Ed, Health, cooking class all graded.
They should go back to that
Anonymous
06/10/2024 07:35
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
It would probably be better to only do unweighted gpa and then just do a count of the number of AP, IB, and honors classes.
Anonymous
06/09/2024 15:36
Subject: GPA for top 5% and 10% awards hs grads?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:School profile is useless because 20% are in the top tier in the profile.
You mean 40%
Let’s remember this when someone tries to claim public school grades aren’t inflated.
The top tier 3.5-4.0 unweighted, so it's more that the profile is meaninglessly nonspecific.
There's nothing wrong with students choosing classes where they get As and Bs.