sidwell college results--does everyone have top grades or are they getting in kids into strong schools imperfect grades?

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Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It
also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

Wait you can get Cum Laude without taking calc or science? I had no idea. This seems really unfair.

Yes. This happens every year. Girls who take the easiest possible classes (no honors, no math beyond regular pre-calculus) make it while girls who take math 4 levels up and 6 APs do not.
STA does it differently--they include rigor.

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Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

+1

Thank you.

Insanity in the parent culture in, not just this region, but with this demographic.

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Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

DP. Huh? I have no idea what you are talking about? I don't think anyone knows about this senior run? Instagram college pages are public on Instagram. That is where people can see where kids are going.

And people stalking those is weird too.

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Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It
also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

Wait you can get Cum Laude without taking calc or science? I had no idea. This seems really unfair.

Yes. This happens every year. Girls who take the easiest possible classes (no honors, no math beyond regular pre-calculus) make it while girls who take math 4 levels up and 6 APs do not.
STA does it differently--they include rigor.

Seems like STA does it right. Bet some Sidwell kids also took less rigorous classes to get a higher GPA. And it seems to have paid off in college admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell college results are really good this year. Very, very few kids (out of over 80 posted) are attending schools outside of the top 30 or schools that are not highly competitive.

Does this mean that they're getting very competitive admits for kids with GPAs under 3.8?
(i.e with a few Bs?)
Or does this class all have 3.8+?

Asking because my kid's DC Big3 private seems to have a major drop off after about a 3.8.
The top kids---doing great!
Then the 3.7 and below are attending schools that are far less competitive.
I.e nothing really in the top 40.

Are Sidwell's GPAs all clustered above 3.8 or do they just have more pull with colleges so that their lower kids
still get strong admits?


Curious.

I don’t know. Maybe these colleges have seen, based on past students, that Sidwell has really put these students through their paces. It’s very hard to graduate from Sidwell without being well-prepared for the academic rigor of college.

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Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: Scientists have discovered that the children of wealthy Ivy League grads have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools.

And how exactly do Ivy League legacies have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools where their parents didn't attend? Also, not that many "wealthy" families at Sidwell or any of the other DC privates.

I’ll tell you how - connections.

cOnNeCtIoNs

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Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: Scientists have discovered that the children of wealthy Ivy League grads have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools.

And how exactly do Ivy League legacies have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools where their parents didn't attend? Also, not that many "wealthy" families at Sidwell or any of the other DC privates.

I’ll tell you how - connections.

cOnNeCtIoNs

Exactly - Ivy League grads know board members, professors, deans, college presidents.

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The college admissions secret of all local top schools is alumni/donor hooks. To a lesser degree, also athletics or other hooks. This also is true at W high schools, equivalent NoVA public HSs, even at the Blair magnet, and at TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: Scientists have discovered that the children of wealthy Ivy League grads have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools.

And how exactly do Ivy League legacies have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools where their parents didn't attend? Also, not that many "wealthy" families at Sidwell or any of the other DC privates.

I’ll tell you how - connections.

cOnNeCtIoNs

Exactly - Ivy League grads know board members, professors, deans, college presidents.

Sure, but I suspect NCS families have similar connections. Plus there are fewer students competing against each other at NCS for admissions to Ivies and T25 colleges. So why does the OP make a convincing argument that non-top 10% NCS seniors are having very different/negative admissions results, compared to their similarly situated peers at Sidwell?

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On the NCS page there are 20ish commits to what I think those around here consider T25/top LACs. There are at least 5 more in that category that haven’t posted. That’s a lot more than 10% of the class. That said, there’s no argument that Sidwell has a bigger national reputation and I’m sure that’s a contributing factor. There are many students from both schools going to colleges outside of the Top 40 or 50.

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Many of the kids getting into Ivies/T10 schools are just legacies. There's also first-gen/URM students that get a boost. Low-income scholarship kids at these schools get a major boost for economic diversity.

In most cases, you're just better off going to public school if you're worried about college outcomes. It's too hard to predict if you'll graduate with a 3.9+ GPA at Sidwell, because so much depends on the teacher you're assigned.

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Anonymous wrote:Many of the kids getting into Ivies/T10 schools are just legacies. There's also first-gen/URM students that get a boost. Low-income scholarship kids at these schools get a major boost for economic diversity.

In most cases, you're just better off going to public school if you're worried about college outcomes. It's too hard to predict if you'll graduate with a 3.9+ GPA at Sidwell, because so much depends on the teacher you're assigned.

Fist gen and low income do get a boost. Athletes get a boost at some schools. URM do not (it’s against the law) and those things are not the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Many of the kids getting into Ivies/T10 schools are just legacies. There's also first-gen/URM students that get a boost. Low-income scholarship kids at these schools get a major boost for economic diversity.

In most cases, you're just better off going to public school if you're worried about college outcomes. It's too hard to predict if you'll graduate with a 3.9+ GPA at Sidwell, because so much depends on the teacher you're assigned.

This is a myth that has too many of you in a stranglehold. Check the “top” public school IG pages, and links like this
(https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/) to accurately assess who is gaining admissions to Ivies. Top private schools do much better in this area than publics, based on percentages.

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Isn’t the obvious answer that selective college admissions are just harder for girls? If you have a coed class, you have an advantage (if all else is equal).

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the obvious answer that selective college admissions are just harder for girls? If you have a coed class, you have an advantage (if all else is equal).

Oh stop it. Girls are just as smart as boys and able to qualify for admission just as well. troll.