<p>My school is cutting back on the weighted grades. This year they knocked honors down to .5 extra and DC/AP to 1 extra. It is nearly impossible to get a 5.0 at my school, now. It's only possible senior year, basically.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in, and my condolences to those who did not.</p>
<p>To those of you who insist on hanging around to bash on the school that rejected you, grow up.</p>
<p>"Of course it is inflation! A 3.4 UW equaling a 5.68 Weighted???? That is definitely grade inflation and has nothing to do with class rank or percentages. My D2 has a 3.4 UW but that is equal to a 3.6 Weighted at her school!"</p>
<p>How do you know he's not taking all ap classes?</p>
<p>Because no weighted GPA according to accepted standards can surpass 5.0. Anything higher than that is an obscure system that will mean nothing to any university you apply to.</p>
<p>In Broward County, the highest GPA attainable is 6.0. AP/IB classes are worth 6.0, honors are worth 5.0, and regular is 4.0. Its almost impossible to get a 6.0 because you would of taken only AP/IB classes all 4 years of high school. The great thing about broward county is that they pay for all AP exams. THat was the only way I was able to take 10.</p>
<p>"My D2 has a 3.4 UW but that is equal to a 3.6 Weighted at her school!"</p>
<p>I question the rigor of the classes she took.</p>
<p>The scale at my school in PBC is honors is a .5 point higher and AP's are one point higher.</p>
<p>So A is a 4.5 in Honors and a 5.0 in AP.</p>
<p>And another thing,</p>
<p>I don't get this whole rating scale. My school is an "A" school and we are known for our tremendous academics, but yet the valectorian and top 5 students are struggling to get into some very competitive Ivy leagues. The valectorian has been waitlisted or denied at Duke and denied from Cornell. We have one student going to Brown and another one going to Northwestern. Why do Ivy leagues admit so many more applicants from the Northeast when compared to the Southeast region.</p>
<p>My friends at Jericho Senior High School in NY brag about how six kids got into Duke and seven into UPenn and the list goes on and on, 2 yales, etc, etc. </p>
<p>One thing I regret not doing, is attending a private school, because it seems if you go to a private school than you get into better colleges.</p>
<p>"I question the rigor of the classes she took."</p>
<p>My D2 goes to a private school in Broward County. The grading scale is much different than the publics. But, she is not a CC'er-type and has significant health issues that cause her to miss a lot of school. She takes honors classes but only will have 2 AP's on her transcript when she applies to UF this summer. </p>
<p>"One thing I regret not doing, is attending a private school, because it seems if you go to a private school than you get into better colleges."</p>
<p>I am not quite sure that is true. My kids had always been in private school (until I took out my son for middle school last year). I found that the college admissions at the top private colleges favored the higher GPA's obtained by the PUBLIC school kids when I observed the admission's process with my first daughter (a UF Freshman). It may seem at first glance that private school kids are going to more elite private colleges but there are many reasons for this...including ability to pay and a lot encouragement from parents and GC's to apply and attend certain schools. There are so many other factors that go into this. I believe that if you take the same motivated strong student and send him/her to private or public...that student will get into the same schools regardless of high school. This is of course assuming that all other things are equal (distractions, AP's, EC's etc).
Private school students may have a slight edge on admission to public universities (like FSU, UF, etc) though. The instate schools know (per my conversations with adcoms during college visits) that the rigor of the coursework at many private schools is more challenging than the same class at a public school. I know that is a hot topic but I have many examples of this. I still remember speaking with one disgrunted parent at the private school "back to school night". She could not stop complaining that her "A honor student" who had transfered in his sophomore year from the public school was now struggling to maintain B's in his honors classes at the private school. I also know of a few kids (B and C students) who tranferred JUNIOR year to public school to boost their GPA's for college admissions (successfully). One reason may be that there is no "parent preferencing" your child into a honors or AP class in some private schools...at my daughter's school, you must have an A in a honor's class to take an AP in that subject the following year. One student that I know of could only take regular classes at our private school (and was a B/C student), transferred to her local public school where her parents put her in all honors classes (because that is where the "good kids are") and she then became an A/B student.
I am still not 100% sure what I will do with my middle school student for high school. I am leaning toward the local public school, where he can take as many honors or AP class that he desires and get a spectacular GPA. Time will tell. </p>
<p>Not trying to sway anyone either way, I am just telling what I have observed.
Private vs. Public.... experience is different for each kid.</p>
<p>it seems like most of the rd2 rejects had high stats and were already going somewhere else anyways. i know someone like that, too. perhaps it was obvious to uf as well that they wouldnt be attending anyways, so no need to offer them a spot. yield protection.</p>
<p>"it seems like most of the rd2 rejects had high stats and were already going somewhere else anyways. i know someone like that, too. perhaps it was obvious to uf as well that they wouldnt be attending anyways, so no need to offer them a spot. yield protection."</p>
<p>---> Agreed, thats why they say you should apply RDI. They dont take RD2 people seriously.</p>
<p>Well I applied RDI with 1420/1600, 4.4 gpa, instate and was rejected. I know someone that's 6th in my class at our school got rejected with some nice stats too. So yeah total crapshoot.</p>
<p>what extracurriculars?</p>
<p>hm.....i wonder how UF knows if you've applied to other schools? </p>
<p>lol i was totally gambling and only applied to UF.</p>
<p>I didn't gamble. UF was definitely my number 1 choice. FSU, USF, and my local community college were my back-ups.</p>
<p>FSU kept calling my house to see if I wanted to register. I had to send them an e-mail telling them I'm going to UF instead. It made me feel a little guilty, lol.</p>
<p>Anyways, specify, what were the ECs?</p>
<p>If you call UF, will they tell you why you were rejected if you ask? Just wondering.</p>
<p>My friend called and they gave him the generic answer "this was a very competitive year blah blah blah"</p>
<p>I Hate Them :) They Have To Say That Because They Have Soo Many Applicants!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>hmmmm... i wonder what the enrollment rate will be this year.</p>
<p>they have a lot of people going lol i just dont think that they pick wisely....cheaters...liars etc.</p>
<p>I doubt that only those who don't deserve to go to UF got accepted. Come on many people going to UF deserve to be there regardless of what others think.</p>
<p>dark962001 is exactly right...and some people should think about what they'e posting in this thread. Be classy and keep your negative thoughts to yourself. Better yet, go post in the forum of wherever you've decided to go and be excited about that. It'll reflect much better on both you and your future school.</p>