Anonymous wrote:I have asked this before and never got an answer. Does the school profile state the flexible re-take test policy?

The school profile can state whatever they want it to. If you can’t find it online, ask the college office to send you the most recent one.

Most of the posters are right, colleges are familiar with the grading policies of a high school. Where they are wrong is with regard for merit. Many times schools give auto merit for certain GPAs. So, an inflated GPA helps. A friend’s son’s GPA at a Catholic school was .5 higher than my son’s at a public. My son got into one school that he didn’t. His son got much more merit than my son at the other school that they both applied to.

A few years ago, FCPS got rid of the HW grade (not HW) because it wasn't equitable. That has been gone for awhile and now HW is mandatory. Quoting this link: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting/secondary-school#2025-26-updates

"Regular homework will be assigned in all secondary courses and will count for no more than 10% of the overall grade."

This means HW can still be counted as zero under the current policy.

Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

What??

My DS has 1-3 hours of homework/night all 4 years at HS (and sometimes more) in his non-DMV private. What is the rationale for "retaking" tests. Our DS only takes them once, I thought that was typical.

Having light or no homework must allow a lot more time for kids to participate in ECs, sports, job at deeper level. Interesting.

Can't speak to private schools but in our FCPS high-performing HS, kids have hours of homework a night, even if taking mostly gen ed or honors. I did not realize some HS do not give HW. Jeez.

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Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

Yep. It has been eliminated and the majority of public schools in virginia.

NP.

I check thr forum and this appears to be generally true:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1296020.page#30932550

I don’t want to make generalizations but I can speak to daughter’s experience.

Every college is different and seeks different criteria. A system may “advantage” a kid at one but not the other.

In hindsight, the rigorous school my DD attends is probably not great for her college admissions bc she wants to attend OOS flagship and has a hard time competing with kids from schools that have way more APs and grade inflation. Her school doesn’t send a lot of kids to Georgia, Michigan, UNC, Florida and the like. Schools like Georgia really value IB diploma or all AP and high grades. She has good (not all As) grades and few APs bc not offered. I think she would do much better at these types of schools from our local public bc she would have an IB option. I can only see this in hindsight though as I had no idea what kind of college she would want to attend as a HS freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

Yep. It has been eliminated and the majority of public schools in virginia.

Lies

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

Yep. It has been eliminated and the majority of public schools in virginia.

I don't know where you're posting from but you're not familiar with a majority of public schools in Virginia, or you're generalizing for a group of kids who will struggle to graduate. HS kids there who are taking classes with the intention of being college bound have a lot of homework.

Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

Yep. It has been eliminated and the majority of public schools in virginia.

I have asked this before and never got an answer. Does the school profile state the flexible re-take test policy?

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid will be compared to others at his school regarding course options/rigor and grades/GPA.

I hope your distaste for public is kept to yourself. You have a superiority complex while also being incredibly defensive (MY kid only doesn’t have an 8.0 because of his hard school and all kids at public have skated by).

I don't think OP is being defensive - it's factual. I have a kid at a rigorous private and another at a public HS and the difference is stark. One is objectively smarter, has a ton more homework and the other has a a better GPA because of redo's and other lax policies. Maybe you have an inferiority complex?

Wow since you have 2 kids, you can assume that their experiences are universal. Aren't you brilliant!

Anonymous wrote:Homework is not an equitable practice and has been largely eliminated or discouraged in DMV public schools.

False, and you should ignore anyone who has such useless generalizations about DMV public schools, which run the gamut from failing to magnet school. My kid has a lot of homework but is in a lot of accelerated/honors classes. YMMV.

I just want to caution you on making generalizations about public schools. My niece and nephew attend a school with no homework, a cap on how many APs the kids are allowed to take (no more than 3 a year) and they do, at most, 1 hour of homework a night. Meanwhile, my kids are at a different public school that has no limits on the number of APs, so each is taking 6 APs this year. They play a fall sport, which sometimes takes up 4-5 hours on a weeknight (travel time plus warmups) and easily stay up to 2-3 a.m. doing homework after that. Every school is different.

If your private is that good, that is a hook. Where are the kids getting into from your school? That should answer the question how the school is perceived.