Reply to "The importance of grades in high school."

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

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1. AP classes weigh more - A in regular class is 4.0, A in honors is 4.5 and A in AP is 5.0

There isn't a standard from state to state or even district to district within a state on weighted gpas. Our high school doesn't weight grades externally. They do it internally. The student never sees it. It raises the student's class rank. It's why coaches ask for unweighted gpa. Then they might ask about the courses.

A friend's son is playing baseball at a very prestigious academic university in a major D1 conference. He was a Baseball America Top 150. He didn't even take honors courses in high school. No problem. The baseball program also gets JuCo transfers accepted.

If a kid wants to play at Hopkins, Emory, Trinity (CT), etc, course load will matter. They're not recruiting the top baseball talent in the country to stay competitive in a major D1 conference.

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