We, the undersigned, support the proposal to have Hingham High School provide a second GPA on student's transcripts, using the commonly accepted 4.0 weighting scale as described here. This second GPA should be provided on any student's transcript that would benefit from it (where the commonly accepted 4.0 GPA is higher.)
We also request that Hingham High School communicate to all colleges and universities that the Hingham High School GPA system is not the typical 4.0 system and that they make that clear on both the school report and transcript.
In addition, at the end of the school year, Hingham High School should provide both GPA's to all rising Seniors to ensure that all students are aware of their GPA using each of the weighting systems.
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Reached 500 supporters
June 11, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
June 9, 2016
65 Comments
Myself and a lot of my friends have struggled because of the scaling system. We can not raise our gpa without taking all advanced classes. Our appearance to colleges is being diminished because we do not have mathmetical minds and can not handle the work of advanced or ap math or science. This scaling system must be changed
I totally agree that a 2nd GPA should be provided on student's transcripts. Not only do our students lose merit scholarship money but also lose discounts on good student car insurance credits.
As a college professor at New York University, I can say with some authority that providing information in a way that ensures maximum transparency with respect to a school's system for evaluating students is far more superior to a system that explicitly chooses the opposite and undermines the perceived credibility of that system in the process.
This is a no brainer. The 4.0 system has its own flaws (why not just use the 100 point scale that teachers use anyway), but since most high schools and colleges use the 4.0 scale, Hingham should not be an outlier.
Hingham administration often says colleges know our school. But if your student happens to want to attend a school that doesn't know Hingham this grading system can affect admission and scholarship. Our students that have a 3.3-3.5 would have had closer to a 4.0 in a NY comparable tri-state area school. As much as the administration says it does not matter--it does!
Unfortunate that a petition had to be made for rightfully action to come
This needs to be changed so HHS students are not at a disadvantage for college acceptance and merit aid.
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We, the undersigned, support the proposal to have Hingham High School provide a second GPA on student's transcripts, using the commonly accepted 4.0 weighting scale as described here. This second GPA should be provided on any student's transcript that would benefit from it (where the commonly accepted 4.0 GPA is higher.)
We also request that Hingham High School communicate to all colleges and universities that the Hingham High School GPA system is not the typical 4.0 system and that they make that clear on both the school report and transcript.
In addition, at the end of the school year, Hingham High School should provide both GPA's to all rising Seniors to ensure that all students are aware of their GPA using each of the weighting systems.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 11, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
June 9, 2016
65 Comments
Unfortunately this comes too late as both of our children have graduated from HHS in the past two years. For them to have been rejected from some of their target schools and to have lost out on additional merit aid is unconscionable. The policy needs to be changed for all future students so that they are on par with their peers at other schools.
Myself and a lot of my friends have struggled because of the scaling system. We can not raise our gpa without taking all advanced classes. Our appearance to colleges is being diminished because we do not have mathmetical minds and can not handle the work of advanced or ap math or science. This scaling system must be changed
I totally agree that a 2nd GPA should be provided on student's transcripts. Not only do our students lose merit scholarship money but also lose discounts on good student car insurance credits.
As a college professor at New York University, I can say with some authority that providing information in a way that ensures maximum transparency with respect to a school's system for evaluating students is far more superior to a system that explicitly chooses the opposite and undermines the perceived credibility of that system in the process.
This is a no brainer. The 4.0 system has its own flaws (why not just use the 100 point scale that teachers use anyway), but since most high schools and colleges use the 4.0 scale, Hingham should not be an outlier.
Hingham administration often says colleges know our school. But if your student happens to want to attend a school that doesn't know Hingham this grading system can affect admission and scholarship. Our students that have a 3.3-3.5 would have had closer to a 4.0 in a NY comparable tri-state area school. As much as the administration says it does not matter--it does!
Unfortunate that a petition had to be made for rightfully action to come
This needs to be changed so HHS students are not at a disadvantage for college acceptance and merit aid.
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Unfortunately this comes too late as both of our children have graduated from HHS in the past two years. For them to have been rejected from some of their target schools and to have lost out on additional merit aid is unconscionable. The policy needs to be changed for all future students so that they are on par with their peers at other schools.