honors or ace regular?s

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Registered: 07-28-2007
honors or ace regular?s
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Sat, 09-29-2007 - 12:24am
My daughters used to go to an academic pressure cooker school.

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Registered: 05-15-2006
Tue, 10-02-2007 - 8:53am
My dd takes a mixture of honors and regular classes.
Suzanne
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Tue, 10-02-2007 - 3:06pm

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Registered: 07-28-2007
Sat, 10-06-2007 - 10:44pm
Thanks --this is a whole new world for me.
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Registered: 05-01-2003
Sun, 10-07-2007 - 6:57pm

Then that screws the kids who are taking Honors classes and getting B's in them.

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Registered: 05-15-2006
Thu, 10-11-2007 - 1:05pm
I don't have examples for you sorry.
Suzanne
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Fri, 10-12-2007 - 7:37am

Having gone through this w/many friends who have had kids go through the college process - I would say those colleges asking for unweighted GPA's are the less competitive schools.

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Fri, 10-12-2007 - 8:17am

Univ of Michigan is quite selective and looks at unweighted GPAs. They DID look at the transcripts and courses for each applicant--not just at GPA and class rank. DS24 got in; DS18 was rejected. Both took honors/IB/AP classes, however, DS24 had attended the county math and science center, which helped him get in to U of M. In retrospect, DS18 said he wished he had chosen the math and science center, too, but of course 5 years ago he was not interested and we did not push him. DS24 had also done better on his ACT.

Like OPs, I agree that HS students should enroll in the toughest classes they can handle without stressing out, and they should get involved in at least a couple of extracurricular activities/organizations, as colleges look at those in a much bigger way than they did when we applied decades ago.

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Registered: 05-15-2006
Fri, 10-12-2007 - 1:12pm

Boy I guess I should have just stayed out of this one!

Suzanne
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Fri, 10-12-2007 - 7:00pm
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