I am glad you explained as well @carolinamom2boys as I did not know what that meant either, ours is similar to @me29034 93-100 A, 92-90 A-, 89-88 B+, 87-83 B and so on. Or as they state it, 11 letter grades as follows.
A (4.0)
A- (3.7)
B+ (3.3)
B (3.0)
B- (2.7)
C+ (2.3)
C (2.0)
C- (1.7)
D+ (1.3)
D (1.0)
F (0.0)
Ours is listed like this:
A+=4.33
A =4.00
A- =3.67
B+=3.33
B =3.00
B- =2.67
C =2.00
C+=2.33
C- =1.67
D+=1.33
D =1.00
D- = .67
But I had to ask my D what constitutes each letter grade, and Iâm not sure Iâm confident of her answer, which was:
âa b+ is like an 86-89%, 90-93% is an a-, 94-96% is an a, and a 97-100% is an a+â
The school also says:
Required average for honor roll is 3.33; for high honor roll, 3.67. Advanced Placement and Honors courses are
given an additional .5 when computing the averages for honor rolls and year-end averages.
The school does not rank students.
The grade point average is computed each year; it is not a cumulative average.
What does that even mean? She ends up with four GPAs??
Sigh.
I guess itâll all work out.
thatâs interesting, not cumulative for all 4, just by year? Ours is which is a bit annoying in the sense that itâs hard to go back and see the cumulative as it changes over time or by year. It would seem they all should show both. I would think that colleges would take 4 yearly gpas make it cumulative anyway otherwise how can they possibly compare? % wise ours is like this 93-100 A, 92-90 A-, 89-88 B+, 87-83 B. No weighting for honors or AP, no A+. Honor Society is a 3.7 to get in (cumulative for a year), 3.5 to stay.
Our school system changed the GPA system for kids in DDâs gradeâŠall the rules for class rank have changed. Iâm wondering if weâll end up with 95% barely gets into the top 20% like @MichiganGeorgia .
In the scheme of things, I have to weigh Dâs less-than-perfect grades so far against our less-than-optimal financial situation and try to come up with schools that are even in the realm of possibility. Is it too early to be doing this?
@Gatormama IMO it is too soon to be worrying about this. Youâre putting undue stress on yourself. Grades may change considerably between now and sophomore or junior year. You will burn yourself out which wonât be helpful to you or your child.
Iâve played around a bit with the supermatch function here but its so hard to guess at this point. We only have half a year of grades so GPA is really uncertain. Even if its low now, there is still a lot of time to turn it around. We also have no standardized tests yet so we have to guess at that. I think right now, its more for fun that anything else.
@Gatormama I agree about not getting hung up on grades right now, way too early. They can change quite a bit. Go up, go down. Go up and down and up and downâŠtoo early to say.
That being said, knowing now what you can afford, grades aside, is a good exercise to go through so that when the time does come, you can apply a reality check. Iâve always had a certain financial commitment to my kids education and have been very clear with them since kindergarten as to what that was. If they wanted anything beyond that, it was on them to come up with (with my support of course in helping them figure it out). A year or two ago I did do some baseline research to get a general idea of schools that might fall in my price range assuming zero merit aid but it really wasnât specific to a child.
D17 is pretty content with the financial guidelines and together we have found some nice options that will work for him, at least on paper right now (a lot could change in a year and we will start tours next month so that could change things too).
D19 has some lofty aspirations and so a reality check for him on an occasional basis is in everyoneâs best interest. I will absolutely support his dreams butâŠthat doesnât mean I can pay for them so if those dreams hold true, heâs got some work to do to get there. He has a very very hard time switching gears if he is set on something so it is critical he understand that it is quite likely we cannot afford where he wants to go and be prepared to find alternatives should the merit $ not be there. We will see how it plays out. Those are not conversations we had with any of the other kids at that age. But as for actually looking at schools for him? No, I am not going there yet and donât plan to anytime soon.
Good advice from @carolinamom2boys and @eandesmom!
Having been through the process with DS '14, the scale doesnât really matter. College board establishes a percentage to four point scale that the colleges use. Because rigor varies so much from school to school (the same work that might get you an 84 might get me a 95) colleges look more closely at class rank. And, selective colleges will require SAT II subject level tests to norm the difficulty of the school the student attended.
Having just been through this with DS16 in our state the scale does matter . A 90 in our state is a B and a 90 in neighboring states is an A . When grades are recalculated by each school for GPA , a B will be recalculated instead of an A. Many schools are getting away from ranking away from rank at this point. Our entire state has a uniform ranking scale for all public HS , after research it was found that our students ( especially student athletes) were missing out on competitive scholarships in neighboring states because of the difference. That is why the legislature made the change in my state. In terms of SAT Ii tests, Iâd say that more students than not, do not take the SAT Ii tests because they are not needed except for selective schools. And in the non CC world, more students are applying to non selective schools and universities than are.
At my school, weighted and unweighted GPA as shown on the transcript are calculated on different scales. UW is such that a 93 is an A, and W is such that a 91 is an A.
Our school does not weight and in the transcript, only the gpa is shown and letter grades for the individual classes earned. Percentages only show up while in the current semester on our online grade dashboard but after that arenât visible. A 90 would be considered a 3.5 for us, or an A-. A 93 and above would be an A.
Well, DD and her mom just came back from a funeral for one her classmates. The classmate and DD went to grade school (7th-8th grade anyway) together too. She said he was really nice. They didnât talk as much as freshmen at their current HS because they were in different sets of classes but talked more in grade school.
He committed suicide last week Sunday. I know the freshman class in DDâs HS were devastated. Kid was well-liked and excelled in sports but home life wasnât typical. I think his 3-4 siblings are half-siblings. Seems like father isnât in the picture because he wasnât mentioned in the obit. The HS was really good about providing resources to the kids AND parents of the HS class.
DD doesnât want to go to track practice tomorrow. Weâre on spring break so no classes but practice is happening. I hope itâs because her leg hurts and not because of what happened last week. A hurt leg can be fixed relatively easily. I want DD to get back into the routine of her life quickly. She did great last week - even excelled at a meet this past weekend. Maybe the visitation yesterday and funeral today got to her. Sheâs our strong-willed and more resilient one (we have DD16 and DS23 also).
@ChicagoSportsFn Is this the first time sheâs had to deal with death? Give her some time to process, and get her going back into her routine.
Yes. She was only 2 at my grandmotherâs funeral, so she was too young to remember it.
She did great all week last week. If she had classes this week, then she would be busy with that and hanging out with her friends at school. The fact that she has down time now probably makes her think more. Weâre going out of town tomorrow for family time after track practice so she should perk up.
Wow wow wow @ChicagoSportsFn ⊠strange that you should bring that up because the local school district here has had THREE suicides in the last month. One in middle school (maybe even two of them?)âŠthe other one (or two) in high school. At least two knew each other. My kids donât go to the schools as they are in two separate private schools, but itâs cast a pall far and wide. The paper has not actually reported on any of them but has written a couple of public service-type pieces/editorialsâŠ
Heartbreaking.
We recently had an 11 year old boy die playing the " choking game" So sad and unbelievable.
@ChicagoSportsFn I am so sorry.