<p>I think the “standard” scale has A- at 3.7, A at 4.0 and sometimes A+ at 4.3 or sometimes still 4.0</p>
<p>mathmom, if you are right, that would be great. kiddo would still have solid GPA then</p>
<p>Our CT HS uses the same grading scale as mathmom’s: 93 & above is an A at 4.0 (A+ is not offered), but + & - awarded for every other letter. So, A- is 90-92 & 3.7, B+ is 87-89 & 3.3, etc. Our school adds +5 to honors or AP courses, with every little weighting offered prior to sophomore year. Consequently, the top students rarely have a GPA above 4.25-4.35. Agree with others who have commented on the countless ways to calculate GPA.</p>
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<p>He was born in FL, so we figure he’s just returning to his roots. We left when he was 6 months old, so he doesn’t remember it except for our trips when we go back visiting and being tourists. It must in his genes. He really, really, really wants to study tropical Bio of some sort and work in the tropics (outdoors).</p>
<p>We’ll visit FL schools (if things go as planned) this fall. HI schools will more likely get visited in Feb - maybe later if we want to hear about finances first. I’ve volunteered to take him to visit those. 
We’ve been to both states before (very near the schools he likes), but not when we were visiting colleges - or even thinking about colleges.</p>
<p>I wish our school would use a 90 as an A-. I do think that’s more traditional… when I was in school in the dark ages they just used numerical grades (100 scale). I like that the best. My guy tends to be at the top edge of a lower letter grade many times with just hundredths of a percentage needed to boost him up (eg 94.48 and end up with an A- instead of 94.52 which would be an A). I have no idea how they weight the grades for GPA. I looked in the handbook and couldn’t find it.</p>
<p>Got the ACT results, and the ACT is definitely my guy’s test. Should have taken that one first and been one and done. He is very happy this morning!</p>
<p>Glad to hear it novamom! Congratulations!</p>
<p>My older two were ACT kids. Youngest is a poster boy for the “score correlation” chart.</p>
<p>Welcome to our new members! If anyone’s been reading along wondering if they want to join in the discussion my vote it to do it! We all benefit from different perspectives, schools we hadn’t thought to explore, something mentioned our GC didn’t so we want to follow up on. Everyone can learn and everyone is an asset. This is an all inclusive resort. I specifically looked at my membership agreement to ensure there were no range of GPA, scores, or types of schools S3’d be targeting. CC can be intimidating, thus the oft heard term “scores were good but not CC good”. That doesn’t exist in our luxury penthouse/hospitality suite we occupy. Creekland put it very eloquently last week when they pointed out they celebrated each and every victory be it scores, sports, EC (MUN/debate/robotics). Cheering on one another’s kids took nothing away from their own, whatever level either student was at. This was very poignant to me, not sure if I expressed it at the time. There are specific threads for parents of GPA range students to discuss more in depth the schools they’ve been successful at, hidden gems, merit monies, etc. I think they’re incredibly valuable as a lot of CC, esp out of this forum, focuses on the same 50+/- schools (full disclosure I’m a lurker there). For any new or lurking posters IMO they don’t have to be in lui of this thread unless you want them to be. </p>
<p>I’m rambling, as I often do pre caffeine. Sorry. So, jump in. We’re a decent bunch. Besides, we snagged the best place when the parents groups were moved. Comfy couches and overstuffed chairs, a morning breakfast bar with bluedad manning the omelet station on weekends, handy bowls of chocolate. A bar stocked with adult beverages for those stressful days or celebrations. It’s pretty swanky. ;)</p>
<p>Congratulations to our ACT takers who found improved scores!!! 
What an awesome feeling headed into summer knowing that’s behind you and you can focus on other things (like essays, summer AP work, lol). No rest for the weary. When you feel like you’re moving forward it makes a huge difference. I’m so thrilled for these milestones!!</p>
<p>S3 has been spending time on interview prep. He’s done job interviews, but these are much different. There’s a good list of possible questions by the university which I pointed him to, asking him to look at the more autobiographical things first. I thought he needed to get comfortable talking about himself before we lobbed the more obscure questions at him. Obviously the obscure can vary a great deal so it’s just the concept of thinking on his feet, not locking up, and coming up with an answer that relates to him. This did not go well. He’d put at least 10hrs into it before he sat down w DH to run through the basics and it was not pretty. I stayed out of it so as not to cause anymore tension so I never got the full run down. This AM before work he did saw things were going much better. It was 5am so I didn’t ask much. </p>
<p>Does anyone have tips, methods, ideas, of helping a student prepare for an on campus interview. He’s done judges presentations fine, interviews fine. This is causing trouble for some reason.</p>
<p>Well, d spent the night with a friend, and then she goes to work until 6:30, so I won’t know anything until evening. Kid is probably way too laid back for the competitive admissions world anyway.</p>
<p>Ugh. </p>
<p>DD14 took the June ACT as Standby. The glitch didn’t work for her scores and she’s still listed as "registered’. So no scores for her yet. :(</p>
<p>I think we’re in for a LONG wait. Fortunately, the waiting doesn’t bother her … I’m the impatient one.</p>
<p>D texted me to remind me ACT scores were up. She didn’t say what she got. She was thinking she had dropped as she thought the test was more difficult. I was pleased to see a one point increase in her composite which is the right direction. She is definately going ACT and not SAT. Now we will identify a prep program or a tutor for the summer so she can take it one more time in September and be done! She is now at the point where we can consider the more selective schools for her reach schools. Two more points and we will be good. We will all be so happy when this process is over!!! </p>
<p>Congrats to everyone whose D or S got the scores results they were hoping for. And super congrats if you are done!</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got good news on their ACT scores this morning! Even a 1 point increase can really make a difference and certainly boost their confidence. And welcome to new folks.</p>
<p>On GPA, had an interesting talk with a friend who has a son in the Davis, CA school district. When the students get their GPA’s, they show the weighted score, as well as the score that would be determined in the UC System and the Cal State System. Both State systems determine them different ways (eliminating some electives, etc.) I thought it was a really interesting method of showing a kid how he would really fair in a college admissions search with his own State schools.</p>
<p>Question: If you submit both your ACT and your SAT scores, are you still required to submit Subject tests? Go2Girl killed the Lit Subject test but would need to improve the chemistry score which means retakes in the fall. Not sure if it makes a real difference as she does not anticipate declaring a STEM major…I know that many selective schools require all scores.</p>
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<p>Is this a generic list, or specific to one school? I’d love some advice on helping prepare DS for college interviews – he doesn’t have much experience in that realm at all, and he’s quite shy and anxious about talking about himself :(</p>
<p>Well, it’s an increase, good news since the first two times she took the darn thing she got exactly the same score. And d says stick a fork in her. She’s done. I would like to see her try a fourth time for one more point, BUT I didn’t make older sis take more tests when she announced she was done.</p>
<p>I think our list of schools will stay the same. D is now very comfortably in the top quartile of the admitted students and this the qualifying range for the competitive full tuition scholarships at all but one. All schools would be considered safeties for admission, one should be a safety for admission and affordability. Right now her list has 8 schools on it. Wonder, though, if I should encourage her to add a reach, just for the heck of it. And I wonder if she’d even bother to look for one? She doesn’t seem to into this whole process.</p>
<p>ordinary, ur kid sounds like mine who is very laid back about whole process. it has been interesting to watch them grow and the different appproches that the laid back one takes vs their generally Type A but “tries” to be laid back parent. Driving issues have also brought this contrast up!!! I have lots to learn. not sure they can call all their school safeties but they would be very content going to their so called safety as far as admissions go which is thankfully a great match for their personality and interests. We truly lucked out there. They planned to apply to one Ivy and that was it but when they realized their SAT made it a long shot, they brushed it off and kept enjoying life.</p>
<p>New spin on “happy” for standardized test results…
ACT results so abysmal compared to SAT that we’re happy for the clarity…</p>
<p>^^Not sure why, but that just made me giggle.</p>
<p>Ctl987, my oldest was type A, but had selected a major (now changed) that wasn’t available very many places, and certainly not at any selective schools. So yeah, this whole search has been vastly different. Of the schools on current d’s list? Six are suggestions from me (as in, this one has an ACS certified chem major, how about it? This one has competitive cheer, want to go see it? Answer is always “ok”). She picked one after talking to a rep at a college fair (and it’s her favorite so far). Oh, but she HAD to go to the college fair for a class. The other one crossed her radar when she got a letter from the track coach. I swear, the kid really has done no active looking.</p>
<p>The “clarity” is that he clearly will be submitting a single sitting from a previous SAT… and the will be no question of a fall 2nd attempt at an ACT sitting</p>
<p>Hey Peeps :)</p>
<p>Well K2s ACT score is in - though the W section isn’t scored yet.</p>
<p>The math and science and reading sections were much higher (M by 6) (Sc and R by 5 pts…) than the english so I wonder if by that section K2 was tired. K2 gets extended time and it makes for a loooong day.</p>
<p>The ACT-SAT translated/compared chart makes this ACT equivalent to the superscore of the CR/M of the 2 sittings of SAT. </p>
<p>With that in mind, I am not sure that K2 would get anything out of taking the ACT w W again to bring up that Eng score. Maybe only a second time because the format might be better…idk</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>fogfog – I’ve never asked this and I think the answer’s no, but could K2 request to do the Writing portion first (if they took it again)? S also has extended time which makes for a very long day of testing. </p>
<p>Got more news about our school’s GPA system – it’s based on the grade, but if for example your kid got a 89, which is a B+, and the range of numerical grades for a B+ is deemed to be 87-89, that B+ is then counted as a 87. So in the “conversion” process, they use the lowest number in the range. And honors courses don’t give any extra bump. And they only put the GPA on the transcript in the Fall of Senior year.</p>