<p>In our school district, the students need a grade of 85-86 to get a B-
87-90 for a B, 91-92 for a B+, 93-94 for an A-, etc. I just received a copy of the school profile at Jr. conferences. I was surprised that on the profile it states, using B as an example, that a B is equal to a grade point of 3.0, but no where does it state that to earn the B, the student had to get a 85-86 in the class. Maybe I am old school, but when I hear a student has a 90, I think A- not B. So I am curious how your child’s high school grades. Also do you think that the percentages to letter grades should be included on the school profile?</p>
<p>S PHS grades virtually exactly as yours in terms of what it takes to get an A, but reports number grade on transcript. So, an A at our PHS requires a 93 but a GPA on a 4.0 scale is never reported. Eg, my S’s GPA was reported as 93.81uw/122w and each class grade is also reported on a 100 scale.</p>
<p>The profile does indicate what number grades equate to A, B, C, etc.
I definitely think your school’s profile should indicate that, as you will be competing with kids who have received A grades with a numerical of 90-92.</p>
<p>Have you seen the profile which goes to colleges with the transcript? If it is not as you wish (and I agree with you ), I would hope that your school would be willing to listen and change. We are fortunate that our school noticed a (different) issue with our profile (relating to weighting and brought to their attention by a parent) and made the adjustment. For the transition year, they reported weighted GPA’s both ways for any student who wanted it.</p>
<p><em>hope this is clear as mud ;)</em></p>
<p>My DD’s school scores the following way:</p>
<p>A+ = 97-100 4.0
A = 94-96 3.7
A- = 90-93 3.5
B+ = 87-89 3.3
B = 84-86 3.0
B- = 80-83 2.7
C+ = 77-79 2.3
C = 74-76 2.0
C- = 70-73 1.7
D+ = 67-69 1.3
D = 65-66 1.0
F = 0-64 0</p>
<p>I recently saw DD’s official transcript. I don’t remember anything but the letter grade being on it, but don’t take my word on that. I’ll have to look at it again when I’m at home.</p>
<p>My S’s school is the same, only a letter shows on the transcript. But, for his first 2 years, the grading scale was 93-100 A, 85-92 B (with A-, B+, etc. as described above), then for his junior and senior year, they changed it to 10 point scale (90-100, 80-90). Try explaining that to ad counselors. This was done because the school was admitted into the UIL and they wanted to be in line with other schools’ grading scales. Parents unsuccessfully argued that it was confusing and misleading. The school promised that it would be explained in the counselor’s letter, but the official transcript shows the old 7 point scale, and the school profile shows the 10 point. HUH??? With no percentages shown, there is alot of confusion. My other S’s school is on a 6.0 grade scale, not 4.0, but percentages are shown. I wish there was consistancy throughout the country. It is hard enough for adcoms to sift through all of the transcripts, but to have to decipher them and re-calculate GPA’s is crazy! Oh Well, that’s why they are paid the big bucks!</p>
<p>Hmmm…so there are differences between schools on what is needed to earn the same letter grade and grade point.
i.e. Splashmom’s school 84-86 B 3.0
Mine 87-90 B 3.0 </p>
<p>I did think that the copy of the school profile the counselor gave me at the conference was the profile that is sent to colleges with the transcript. It does seem significant to me that what constitutes a B in our school district should be information included on the profile not just that a B is equal to 3.0. I guess I have some checking to do. Thank you all for the responses.</p>
<p>What is the name of your school?</p>
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