Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans

[Anonymous]

I'm so curious about PP. Please tell me, are you a mom? Do you have a high school or college aged child? Public or private? What is so unbelievable about her DD's test scores or GPA? I have a junior at NCS with very similar stats except that I don't yet know about her college results. Genuinely curious why you are so adamant that she is lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

'm not lying about my DD's gpa or test scores. Nor her college admissions results.

LIES, LIES, LIES. All your children would be embarrassed to read what their parents claim and say about them. No tutors, No prep, took SAT one time ONLY with study guide. Happy and smart and in top tier and top most school and college. LIES, LIES, LIES. You are all lucky you are not before a rand jury and under oath. Your children will out you with your shameful lies.

I studied for the LSAT with only paper study guides (couldn't afford a course) and took it once (which was standard) and it worked out very well. Those study guides impart the exact same information, but in written form, that test prep courses do. It is not surprising that a smart and motivated kid working with a study guide could score very highly.

Also, they did make the SAT easier than when "we" (typical middle aged DCUM poster) were in high school. Mostly on the verbal side. You can google and there are sites that give you a conversion chart. There are more kids than you think in this area with 2300+ scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it helps that a St. A parent is on the board of Princeton...

Only 2 St Albans seniors got into Princeton. From Thomas Jefferson, the number was 18.

Actually, many students do not apply to Princeton anymore (because of grade deflation).

[Anonymous]

I don't want to give all the specifics, but my daughter transferred from a top public school where she had a 4.0 to NCS where she had a GPA in the high 3.7 (3.78?). She was not in the top 20% at NCS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

'm not lying about my DD's gpa or test scores. Nor her college admissions results.

LIES, LIES, LIES. All your children would be embarrassed to read what their parents claim and say about them. No tutors, No prep, took SAT one time ONLY with study guide. Happy and smart and in top tier and top most school and college. LIES, LIES, LIES. You are all lucky you are not before a rand jury and under oath. Your children will out you with your shameful lies.

PP, I feel sorry for you. Posting the above to make yourself feel better about your marginal kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't want to give all the specifics, but my daughter transferred from a top public school where she had a 4.0 to NCS where she had a GPA in the high 3.7 (3.78?). She was not in the top 20% at NCS.

That's great! In my daughter's graduating class of the 78 girls, 13 were cum laude scholars (gpas of 3.65 and up).

[Anonymous]

Umm, cum laude is always top 20%. 78 Would yield 15 members. Gpa fluctuates from year to year.
So yeah, 20:26 you mistaken. It was not 13 and the lowest GPA i have heard of is 3.7 and that was considered a low threshold.

19:00 I am sure you are being truthful unlike some of the others who are just making stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umm, cum laude is always top 20%. 78 Would yield 15 members. Gpa fluctuates from year to year.
So yeah, 20:26 you mistaken. It was not 13 and the lowest GPA i have heard of is 3.7 and that was considered a low threshold.

19:00 I am sure you are being truthful unlike some of the others who are just making stuff up.

There is little statistical difference between 3.65 and 3.7, and depending on the year someone with 3.65 could indeed make cum laude. What's with all the hair-splitting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umm, cum laude is always top 20%. 78 Would yield 15 members. Gpa fluctuates from year to year.
So yeah, 20:26 you mistaken. It was not 13 and the lowest GPA i have heard of is 3.7 and that was considered a low threshold.

19:00 I am sure you are being truthful unlike some of the others who are just making stuff up.

Actually, PP. I was referring to my daughter's graduating year (there were 13 girls) and the gpa that I mentioned is what the school mentioned. With a 3.7, certainly the faculty recommended that your DD become a member of the Cum Laude Society. The cum laude scholars are asterisked in the flag day and graduating programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
'm not lying about my DD's gpa or test scores. Nor her college admissions results.

LIES, LIES, LIES. All your children would be embarrassed to read what their parents claim and say about them. No tutors, No prep, took SAT one time ONLY with study guide. Happy and smart and in top tier and top most school and college. LIES, LIES, LIES. You are all lucky you are not before a rand jury and under oath. Your children will out you with your shameful lies.

PP, I feel sorry for you. Posting the above to make yourself feel better about your marginal kid.

Two preadolescent children who are both DYS. The elder a recent CTY - SET member. I am feeling much better already. Our marginal children are doing fine by our low standards. What are your standards?

[Anonymous]

I'm the first former admissions counselor. The haggling over whether or not the child's GPA is accurate are silly. Colleges care more about rank than the GPA. We put a lot of effort into determining class rank so that students at schools with different grading systems will not be disadvantaged. It generally works out. If that student from NCS was indeed in the top 1/3 (which is absolutely possible at a school that does not weight and hates to give out A's) than it doesn't matter if her GPA was a 3.48 or 3.79. If the rank was the same, the GPA is not a factor.

The reason college admissions counselors call school counselors and pore over profiles and transcripts is so that they can make accurate decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
'm not lying about my DD's gpa or test scores. Nor her college admissions results.

LIES, LIES, LIES. All your children would be embarrassed to read what their parents claim and say about them. No tutors, No prep, took SAT one time ONLY with study guide. Happy and smart and in top tier and top most school and college. LIES, LIES, LIES. You are all lucky you are not before a rand jury and under oath. Your children will out you with your shameful lies.

PP, I feel sorry for you. Posting the above to make yourself feel better about your marginal kid.

Two preadolescent children who are both DYS. The elder a recent CTY - SET member. I am feeling much better already. Our marginal children are doing fine by our low standards. What are your standards?

Higher than yours since obviously you are in camp of prep for the test, take it, prep more, prep again, retest and retest to inflate the score and you are shocked that others do not do the same. How many times did your DC take the SCAT?
You are the one embarrassing your children with your nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
'm not lying about my DD's gpa or test scores. Nor her college admissions results.

LIES, LIES, LIES. All your children would be embarrassed to read what their parents claim and say about them. No tutors, No prep, took SAT one time ONLY with study guide. Happy and smart and in top tier and top most school and college. LIES, LIES, LIES. You are all lucky you are not before a rand jury and under oath. Your children will out you with your shameful lies.

PP, I feel sorry for you. Posting the above to make yourself feel better about your marginal kid.

Two preadolescent children who are both DYS. The elder a recent CTY - SET member. I am feeling much better already. Our marginal children are doing fine by our low standards. What are your standards?

Your kid is CTY? Whose isn't??
I'll see your CTY and raise you 2 National Merit Scholars

[Anonymous]

This thread has jumped the shark. Honestly who is this troll who seems to be posting random attacks on several threads... someone has gone off their meds.

[Anonymous]

This thread has jumped the shark. Honestly who is this troll who seems to be posting random attacks on several threads... someone has gone off their meds.

One of the usual and customary resident DCUM liars.