<p>My son, a rising senior and interested in JMU, goes to a high school where the grading scale is 94-100 is an A, etc. But lots of schools around us are a ten point scale - 90-100 is an A. I hear that when our school sends your transcript, it is printed at the top about our grading scale and colleges readjust that to have everyone even. Is this really true?</p>
<p>Transcripts have the information. Depending on where you are located, JMU may be quite familiar with your son’s school system. Daughter is on the dreaded 10 point scale as well. She begins JMU this fall.</p>
<p>No worries, the transcript should have all the school’s grading information on it so the adcoms can accurately see what kind of a student your son is.</p>
<p>A straight A student who is on a 10-point scale where most of the A’s are say, between 90 and 94 is a lot different from an AB student with a 6 point scale who has A’s that are all 95+ and B’s that are between 90-93. </p>
<p>Colleges should these distinctions in grading policy mentioned on the transcript.</p>
<p>I am currently a junior at JMU. I was also on a 6-point grading scale in high school. I agree that there may be a difference between a student who has an “A” on a 6 point scale and a student who has an “A” on a 10 point scale. The grading scale may be taken into consideration a bit, but I think, atleast from my experience, that it is more important that you look at where your son is ranked in comparison to his classmates. State schools are limited by the number of students they can take from each region in order to ensure diversity and fairness. Kids from counties like Loudoun and Fairfax may have a harder time getting in than someone from Chincoteague or Norfolk because their competition may be keener. I’m not putting down the schools there; it’s just the way it is, whether it’s because of class size or whatever. I was told this by many schools besides JMU like UVa. No one from my graduating class got into JMU with less than a 3.6. I had 300 people in my class. I had a 3.75 and was 89th. My freshman roommate was 3rd in her class and had something around a 3.5 I think, but she graduated with 47 people. Anyway, I don’t know if the grade scale is a big factor or not, but this is just something else you should consider.</p>