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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>This issue came
up at the </span></font><font color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma City</span></font><font
color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:olive'> workshop. I thought that all of you might be interested in
Carol’s response.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>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.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>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.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cindy Brown</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>[cbrown@osrhe.edu]</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Alexander, Carol <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 17, 2005
1:43 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Brown, Cynthia<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: OHLAP grade question</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If you have any other questions, please
feel free to contact us at ohlapinfo@osrhe.edu.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Brown, Cynthia <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 17, 2005
11:12 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Alexander, Carol<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> OHLAP grade question</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Carol,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>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?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cindy</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cynthia Brown,
Ed.D.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Director of
Student Preparation</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education</span></font></p>
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