My school has a terrible grading system

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Our grading policies are ridiculous and I love it. Here's why:</p>

<p>-An 89.5 is an A. So is a 100. Both are just A's, and are weighted equally on a 4.0 scale. This means that the difference between an 89.499999 and an 89.5 is larger than the difference between an 89.5 and a 100 on a transcript. </p>

<p>-A student can get a B on the first term of a semester and an A on the second, and the semester grade that goes on the transcript is an A. This means that a kid could get a 79.5 first term and an 89.5 second term, and their semester grade would be an A.</p>

<p>-We don't have to take midterms/finals at all as long as we have an A with 4 or less absences, a B with 3 or less absences, or a C with 2 or less absences.</p>

<p>This makes up for an awesomely easy ride to straight A's. Does anyone else have a similarly backwards grading policy at their school?</p>

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<p>My grading policy sucks man…don’t let me start</p>

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<p>Hey man I’m not complaining, I just wanted to see if this made some people who have to work for an A mad.</p>

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<p>This is wrong. This is why colleges shouldn’t rely on GPA. At some schools it is so much easier to get A’s than others and ranking doesn’t help either ( at my school 50 people can rank #3) There should be more emphasis put on standardized testing in my opinion. This is not true for a majority of colleges. At my highschool, it is extremely difficult to get an A.</p>

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<p>Also at my school Finals/Midterms are waited (most of the time) ATLEAST 20% ranging to 50%</p>

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<p>Doesn’t matter THAT much because colleges get the school profile and grading policy from the school anyway lol.</p>

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<p>Can I go to your school? Mine is a legit, on a 5.0 scale, and no one has above a 4.5 because it’s impossible to get an A+ in any honors/AP class, As are hard to come by as well.</p>

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<p>@cortana you think they pay that much attention to the grading scale. Also, the finals/midterms weight is not put on the grading scale. Some schools have generally easier classes. My school is known to be one of the hardest in the city for the same courses as easier schools.</p>

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<p>Your school is really generous.</p>

<p>Finals at my school count for 100% of my grade.</p>

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<p>It’s pretty bad if you want to stand out. So many valedictorians because of massive grade inflation.</p>

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<p>Not as bad as yours, but my school doesn’t weight grades. Valedictorians are ALWAYS students with no AP classes.</p>

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<p>I wish I went to your school. How many kids actually have all "A"s, though?</p>

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<p>My High School is pretty average with how one goes about getting an A.</p>

<p>89.5 - 93.4 = A-
93.5 - 97.4 = A
97.5 - 100 = A+ </p>

<p>I don’t know the exact weight, but an A- is around a 3.5, an A is a 3.75, and an A+ is a 4.0.</p>

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<p>^That’s terrible. I like the OP’s way far better.</p>

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<p>97.5-100 = A+ = 4.33
92.5-97.5 = A = 4.00
89.5-92.5 = A- = 3.67
Et cetera</p>

<p>The valedictorian has like a 4.24</p>

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<p>Wow! Drummerdawg, what county/state do you go to school in?</p>

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<p>Eastern shore Maryland, not gonna specify too much, don’t want to ruin the school’s reputation haha.</p>

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<p>My school only has a few classes that use percentages, usually science classes. The other classes use a 4.0 scale, so a 2.5-3.49 is a B and 3.5-4.0 is an A. And no matter what “A” you end up with, it will always count as a 4.0 and a “B” as a 3.0. And because they took out the midterm and finals in my district, all I need is an A one quarter and a B the next and I’ll have an A average for the semester, which will be averaged into my GPA as a 4.0. </p>

<p>It’s ****ing fantastic</p>

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<p>My school is just easy to get good grades in.</p>

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<p>Yeah, nothing better than an easy ride. I fear for my life in college though =. And to previous posters, we actually only have 1 Valedictorian this year, it’s based on weighted rather than UW. He’s headed to Duke next year. The AP classes are your average AP class, I think we average around a 3 on the AP test in each class depending on the teacher which I guess means average difficulty of the class. It’s just really easy to get a good GPA.</p>