It’s been a while since I took physics and studied significant figures, but I’m quite certain that an 89.6 rounded one decimal place IS a 90 (rule being that .5 and above brings it to next highest number). There’s really no room for debate there. Your son should be fine!
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It says Submitted now! I think C25 emailed the college counselor.
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My D did a fantastic job of turning the last couple quarter assignments in late and not studying for a final quarter test to go from all As to 2 B+s. Siiiiigh. I do like your perspective of
That’s a much better/healthier way to look at it than the reaction that was running through my mind (which quite frankly included words not suitable for CC 
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I am almost to the point of flat out bribing my daughter to keep her nose to the grindstone through the end of the semester.
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No, 89.6 rounded to one decimal place is 89.6. 89.6 rounded to the nearest integer is 90.
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We are all just DONE!
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I hear you. It is the main point of friction in our house too 
I am convinced that schools like Harvard, U Chicago, Brown, etc. have the money to put together these glossy viewbooks/catalogs/mailers/personal letters and to hire big admissions teams to weed through all the applications those mailings bring to them with this one goal: to increase the sheer number of applications so that their acceptance percentage keeps going down. It makes them look more ‘exclusive’-- so they ARE gaslighting our kids!
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I think it’s cruel, especially fall of senior year, not to round up an 89.6
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Ah yes, my phrasing was clumsy. But at least we both agree the son has a 90.
@Engine54 @Julmarmc and @dfbdfb - yeah, I agree, 89.6 rounds to 90. But some teachers at our school don’t round. It’s weird, it’s the kind of thing that you’d think there’d be a schoolwide policy - do it or don’t - but there isn’t. Frankly, he deserves the B+ in that class. He really could’ve done a lot better on the most recent FRQs on the most recent test, and the only reason he didn’t was that he didn’t study because he “thought he knew it”. This is the kid who has coasted in his social studies classes (it’s AP Gov) for his whole life, and I don’t mind him seeing that that’s not going top be feasible for much longer.
@VTMom03 were you commenting somewhere, this thread or another, about your D being in a high stress school and wanting something Not That? That’s my guy too. And I think that’s why I’m trying (not always succeeding, heck, probably mostly not succeeding, but trying) to focus on the whole “if a B+ kills your chances, you don’t want to be there”. He wants to be someplace not easy, not just kick back and do nothing, but where it’s possible to have a life, and enjoy your classes and your outside activities and not always be worrying about competing with someone or being the best. He actively does NOT want to live where we live (DC metro area) because he feels it’s just patently unhealthy here (mental health, not physical health). And I’m trying to honor that. Some days I do ok, and others I’m more like - I know, but I can’t get grandma to understand why we aren’t aiming for the loftiest of lofty aspirational schools, so please just keep quiet about your top choices.
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FWIW, I round my grades (in college) to the nearest tenth of a percentage point, not to the nearest percentage point.
Like, you have to figure out a line and draw it somewhere—that’s the entirety of giving grades.
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Same here. The grading breakdown (A/A-/B+/B/B-) is set by our college so I have no control over that but it does note tenths. It clearly says in our syllabus we DO NOT round up grades beyond to that tenth.
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Yeah, I don’t disagree that one needs to draw a line, and I don’t even particularly have an opinion about what that line should be. What surprises me is that there isn’t a school wide policy. So many other grade related things are school/county policies, that it just surprises me. But it is what it is and if my kid gets the B+ well, then we’ll call this a learning opportunity for him.
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We have a 89.99% (and no I didn’t make that up) and a 90.13%. We are assuming both will be A’s.
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I think having a set policy makes it much easier, for everyone.
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@OctoberKate yes that’s us. High stress ultra competitive HS and we are actively -to some extent - excluding colleges that have that vibe from our search. Don’t get me wrong, UVA and WM are still on the list, and they’d be hard to turn away from… But if I had to guess I think we’ll end up somewhere a little more chill. I never thought I’d be encouraging my D to find a college where she can “live a little” and “have fun” but here we are. 
From my perspective, these kids have many decades of rat race ahead of them. These are supposed to be the fun times! We are lucky in that D doesn’t need us motivating her academically (except when it comes to completing her college apps!!!).
And I feel you on this:
Siiiiigh.
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Damn, my kid’s admissions consultant has told him it’s fine to punt on Wisconsin app until RD deadline. I am not excited about having him kick the can farther down the road and I don’t think it improves his chances. An 11th hour essay is an 11th hour essay. And don’t these schools fill early?
Am I wrong? He’s applying for engineering.
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Ugh, that definitely sounds like kicking the can to just postpone the stress, but maybe I’m not thinking about something obvious.
Is there any chance your kiddo will have acceptances by then that will make him say the application is altogether not worth it? I guess I’m just asking if it feels like it might fall by the wayside altogether, or if it is a serious option.
It sure feels like it is going to be a long season until decisions really come in. As Petty put it so well, the waiting is the hardest part….
I would encourage meeting the EA deadline. The high stats kids we know that applied RD for engineering were wait listed.
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My parents are nonstop to S23 how he should drop out of Syra cuse (where he goes tuition free) to do a trade. Literally, my son had to tell them to knock it off. It is a huge part of the reason why my son will not spend much time with them whenever he comes home. It is nonstop about this trade or that trade. My son respects the trades (his 2 best friends are doing trades). I would have zero issue with him dropping out and doing a trade. But my son wants to STAY in college and its HIS choice. (I myself am avoiding my parents till after the election and even then it may be very limited if it doesn’t go their way.)
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