How Does Dartmouth Look at Grades?

[spdeer7]

<p>In middle school I took an accelerated program where I took high school Spanish and Math starting in 7th Grade. I did really poorly- a couple C’s and all the rest B’s.These are still on my official transcript and bring me down to a 3.75 unweighted and a 4.49 weighted.
Considering only High School grades, I have a 3.89 UW and a 4.72 Weighted.
I wrote Dartmouth a letter explaining this and it was signed by my counselor to verify the numbers.</p>

<p>How will Dartmouth look at this?
Will they hold it against me?</p>

[coureur]

<p>I don’t know about Dartmouth, but the vast majority of colleges do not consider middle school grades at all. They look only at grades from grades 9 - 12. </p>

<p>How is it that middle school grades are showing on your high school transcript? This seems very irregular to me.</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>IF Op attends school in NYS, it is not unusual at all to take accelerated courses in math, science (usually earth science) and math in middle school and receive high school credit. THe students usually takes the regents exam or spanish proficiency exam in 8th grade and high school credit is given for middle school.</p>

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<p>Section 100.4 , Section d. :</p>

<p>Grade eight acceleration for diploma credit.</p>

<p>Public school students in grade eight shall have the opportunity to take high school courses in mathematics and in at least one of the following areas: English, social studies, languages other than English, art, music, career and technical education subjects or science courses.</p>

<p>Credit may be awarded for an accelerated course only when at least one of the following conditions has been met:</p>

<p>accelerated students attend classes in a high school with high school students and pass the course on the same basis as the high school students. Credit is awarded by the high school; or</p>

<p>the student passes the course and the associated State proficiency examination or Regents examination, where available. The credit must be accepted as a transfer credit by all registered New York State high schools; or</p>

<p>in cases where no State proficiency examination or other appropriate state assessment is available, the student passes a course in the middle, junior high or intermediate school which has been approved for high school credit by the public school district superintendent(s), or his or her designee(s), of the district(s) where the middle, junior high or intermediate school and the high school are located.</p>

<p>Such opportunity shall be provided subject to the following conditions:</p>

<p>The superintendent, or his or her designee, shall determine whether a student has demonstrated readiness in each subject in which he or she asks to begin high school courses in the eighth grade leading to a diploma.</p>

<p>A student shall be awarded high school credit for such courses only if such student passes a Regents examination, a second language proficiency examination, or a career and technical education proficiency examination, or, if no such examinations are available, a locally developed examination which establishes student performance at a high school level as determined by the principal.</p>

<p>Courses taken pursuant to this subdivision may be substituted for the appropriate requirements set forth in subdivision (b) of this section.</p>

<p>[Section</a> 100.4](<a href=“http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1004.html]Section”>http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1004.html)</p>

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