Sidwell Junior - GPA concerns

[Anonymous]

DC's GPA is a 3.7 (9th, 10th, first half of 11th). Any thoughts from parents as go where this places him relative to peers? Looking to plan for college admissions etc in the coming year. I gather that the Naviance data that we will be shown are hugely unreliable. I am hoping that awareness of rank relative to one's peers will help to focus on where to apply etc..

[Anonymous]

Not a sidwell parent but rather another private - you probably also need to account for rigor of curriculum (math level, years of foreign language etc).

[Anonymous]

I think that the CCO dumped Naviance for that new system, FWIW.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think you are a Sidwell parent. If you were, you would know that a 3.7 at sidwell is really high, to a rare degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you are a Sidwell parent. If you were, you would know that a 3.7 at sidwell is really high, to a rare degree.

OP here. Genuinely confused with the 3.7: The courses/grading is so tough that I feel a 3.7 should be VERY good, putting DC in the top quarter of the class or higher. However, DC tells me that her impression is that a significant number of kids claim to have 4.0 or close to 4.0 GPAs by this stage. Is this possible? Don't know what to make of it and the school clearly gives no guidance on class rank.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you are a Sidwell parent. If you were, you would know that a 3.7 at sidwell is really high, to a rare degree.

Is a 3.7 that rare? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC's GPA is a 3.7 (9th, 10th, first half of 11th). Any thoughts from parents as go where this places him relative to peers? Looking to plan for college admissions etc in the coming year. I gather that the Naviance data that we will be shown are hugely unreliable. I am hoping that awareness of rank relative to one's peers will help to focus on where to apply etc..

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC's GPA is a 3.7 (9th, 10th, first half of 11th). Any thoughts from parents as go where this places him relative to peers? Looking to plan for college admissions etc in the coming year. I gather that the Naviance data that we will be shown are hugely unreliable. I am hoping that awareness of rank relative to one's peers will help to focus on where to apply etc..

Troll.

Op again. No, not a troll. Why would you say that?

[Anonymous]

Top Quarter seems about right.

-parent of current senior

[Anonymous]

I thought Sidwell doesn’t rank.

[Anonymous]

Top 20 percent of so would be my guess -- assuming some mix of advanced classes in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought Sidwell doesn’t rank.

Yes, it doesn't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you are a Sidwell parent. If you were, you would know that a 3.7 at sidwell is really high, to a rare degree.

Is a 3.7 that rare? Really?

Yes. Many of the History and English teachers are very stingy graders. Especially in the earlier upper school grades.

[Anonymous]

My 11th grader has a 3.0, so a 3.7 seems amazing to me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you are a Sidwell parent. If you were, you would know that a 3.7 at sidwell is really high, to a rare degree.

Is a 3.7 that rare? Really?

Yes. Many of the History and English teachers are very stingy graders. Especially in the earlier upper school grades.

Do you mean in 9th and 10th grades?