[Okepas] FW: OHLAP grade question

[Brown, Cynthia]

This issue came up at the Oklahoma City workshop.  I thought that all of
you might be interested in Carol's response.

 

If any of you have additional questions related to any of the issues
discussed at our workshops or related topics, please feel free to email
me and I'll get a response to you.

 

If I promised to get an answer to you and haven't, please email the
question to me as I likely have forgotten the question.

 

Cindy Brown

[cbrown at osrhe.edu]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander, Carol 
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:43 PM
To: Brown, Cynthia
Subject: RE: OHLAP grade question

 

Cindy,

 

The information you received is correct, however let me add some
additional information to help explain our position that you can forward
to the counselors.  

 

OHLAP has two gpa requirements:  the overall gpa and the OHLAP 17 unit
core curriculum gpa, both of which must be a 2.5.  In order to calculate
the core gpa, we must have grades with point values.  If there is a P
and no other indication of a test score or grade, then we assign a D.
Based on the information we have, all we know is that the student
passed, we have no idea how well the student did.  Most of you are
probably aware that this is how the NCAA scores a P grade as well.  

 

Please keep in mind that this practice is not disqualifying students
from receiving the OHLAP scholarship.  From the transcripts I have seen
(and believe me, I've see a lot!), the majority of students taking
courses for high school credit before the 9th grade are not struggling
with their grades, and therefore assigning a D is not even an issue.
For those students who are borderline 2.5 and this would make the
difference in qualifying for OHLAP, we will call the school and request
a grade or test score to use in calculating the core gpa.  Now, the
student could be disqualified if, in fact, the P grades are Ds and this
puts them below the 2.5 gpa.

 

Some schools have chosen to replace the P with an actual grade on the
transcript.  Personally, I prefer this so that we can have a more
accurate core gpa, however this is ultimately up to the school district
and their transcript grading policy.

 

One last thing, sometimes students are submitted as qualifying and after
our evaluation we determine differently.  In these cases a denial letter
is sent to the student with a curriculum checklist detailing our
findings, and a copy of all of this information is mailed to the contact
person so that you will stay informed or correct us if necessary.

 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at
ohlapinfo at osrhe.edu.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Cynthia 
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:12 AM
To: Alexander, Carol
Subject: OHLAP grade question

Carol,

 

We just completed our regional EPAS workshops with the final one at
Oklahoma City Community College on Thursday.  We had many good questions
and interactions most of which I could handle.  However I need
assistance with an OHLAP issue.

 

A counselor who read transcripts for us last summer indicated that a "P"
on a transcript becomes a "D" in the GPA calculation.  Other counselors
were very concerned about this practice.  Can you shed any light on the
issue for us?

 

Cindy

 

Cynthia Brown, Ed.D.

Director of Student Preparation

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

 

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