2024 Washington DC area College commits

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

exact numbers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

Are you saying that Sidwell students are required to send their report cards separately, in addition to their transcripts?
You post is confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

I think you all are very over confident in how much the college officers know about your schools. You realize they hire new college officers and it is not the same people for 100 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

exact numbers

What? Sidwell only reports letter grades (report cards and transcripts). I think you’re confusing Sidwell with STA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

exact numbers

What? Sidwell only reports letter grades (report cards and transcripts). I think you’re confusing Sidwell with STA.

thats too bad it is helpful. they can see that you have a pattern of getting 88 or 89 instead of 86 or. makes a difference. also can see if you have lots of 98's. helped my kid.

[Anonymous]

Not every college recalculates. There have been podcasts about how certain colleges frown on the “no GPA” tactics.

It very well may not matter for you, but it definitely is a sentiment that is pervasive.

And again not every school recalculates. It’s way too much work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

I think you all are very over confident in how much the college officers know about your schools. You realize they hire new college officers and it is not the same people for 100 years.

💯 esp true for the regional ppl who are junior.

Learning all this now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not every college recalculates. There have been podcasts about how certain colleges frown on the “no GPA” tactics.

It very well may not matter for you, but it definitely is a sentiment that is pervasive.

And again not every school recalculates. It’s way too much work.

Have there been a lot of deferrals or rejections unexpectedly this year from schools that do not publish a GPA?

If so, this may be why? Just hypothesizing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

I think you all are very over confident in how much the college officers know about your schools. You realize they hire new college officers and it is not the same people for 100 years.

They don't "know". They get a piece of paper *explaining*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not every college recalculates. There have been podcasts about how certain colleges frown on the “no GPA” tactics.

It very well may not matter for you, but it definitely is a sentiment that is pervasive.

And again not every school recalculates. It’s way too much work.

Have there been a lot of deferrals or rejections unexpectedly this year from schools that do not publish a GPA?

If so, this may be why? Just hypothesizing

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

I think you all are very over confident in how much the college officers know about your schools. You realize they hire new college officers and it is not the same people for 100 years.

They don't "know". They get a piece of paper *explaining*.

It just explains the grading reference. It doesn't say "hey this school is really difficult and gives very few A's" I think some of you are really in a wishful thinking mode

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

1. They are required to send them by the colleges.
2. The colleges take the letter grades and convert them. SFS students can't get above a 4.0 and the college admissions officers know this (an explanation of the grading system accompanies the report card sent by the school) and account for it.

I think you all are very over confident in how much the college officers know about your schools. You realize they hire new college officers and it is not the same people for 100 years.

They don't "know". They get a piece of paper *explaining*.

It just explains the grading method and does not really get into the ins and outs of the schools.

[Anonymous]

All colleges esp top 20 get to know the private schools over the years and their best source of data comes from looking at their current students and how well they are doing at said college. So, they know that if they are getting a 3.8 plus Sidwell kid with max rigor that that kid can handle their brand of academics and be successful. While not perfect, if your GPA is not in range per SCOIR or Naviance over the past 1-2 cycles of admission chances are slim that you’ll be accepted to said college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools that do not calculate GPA tend to be doing worse than private schools that do calculate GPA on transcripts.

True outside DMV.

Sidwell does not calculate/provide a GPA on high school transcripts. Sidwell students have done/do/will do very well in college admissions. Please save your “worry” for those that are more deserving.

I agree with you. Can you include your actual report card? How do you send your report card to colleges in addition to transcripts?

Why would a Sidwell student send their report card? There’s no GPA on the report card either.

exact numbers

What? Sidwell only reports letter grades (report cards and transcripts). I think you’re confusing Sidwell with STA.

thats too bad it is helpful. they can see that you have a pattern of getting 88 or 89 instead of 86 or. makes a difference. also can see if you have lots of 98's. helped my kid.

**Sigh**
This concern trolling is exhausting. Sidwell hasn’t calculated GPAs on transcripts for years (if not decades—older parents/alums will have to weigh in here). Sidwell’s students have not been disadvantaged by this practice because…Sidwell is Sidwell. This *may* not work for other schools.