Is a public school A = private school A- (or B+)?

[Anonymous]

So shouldn’t your child go to the school where they are most likely to get all As, even in rigorous classes???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So shouldn’t your child go to the school where they are most likely to get all As, even in rigorous classes???

Yes!!! absolutely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So true. Our private….B+ = A anywhere else

Anywhere else? Really? ANYWHERE? Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in nyc where there are plenty of private schools that are pretty well known for grade inflation.

Here's an example of grade distribution:

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1662473043/packer/jqwg5zprhm5kuweelfde/2022-23SchoolProfileBrochureforCollegeOffice.pdf

I 100% do not assume public schools grade more leniently than private schools. Usually it's the opposite. Public schools kids can actually get a C or a D

Excellent example. Private school parents are delusional.

What the heck is the Packer Collegiate Institute?

This is like a 8th rung NYC private.

[Anonymous]

It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

It was the gpa that got them in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

I mean that’s great and all but all of you private school snobs thinking every student in public school is getting straight As are clueless. There are plenty of 3.5s and below.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

I mean that’s great and all but all of you private school snobs thinking every student in public school is getting straight As are clueless. There are plenty of 3.5s and below.

It's not snobbery to acknowledge and be concerned about grade inflation and how that affects college admissions. At least in this area, in many privates the highest possible grade is a 4.0 and difficult for even one student in each class to achieve. Compare that to the hundreds of students in the top third to half of each APS high school class who have a 4.0 and are ALL ranked 1st in their class on their transcripts! https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1132533.page#25030755

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

I mean that’s great and all but all of you private school snobs thinking every student in public school is getting straight As are clueless. There are plenty of 3.5s and below.

It's not snobbery to acknowledge and be concerned about grade inflation and how that affects college admissions. At least in this area, in many privates the highest possible grade is a 4.0 and difficult for even one student in each class to achieve. Compare that to the hundreds of students in the top third to half of each APS high school class who have a 4.0 and are ALL ranked 1st in their class on their transcripts! https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1132533.page#25030755

More bullshit. They are not all ranked first. Fairfax county does not rank their students at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in nyc where there are plenty of private schools that are pretty well known for grade inflation.

Here's an example of grade distribution:

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1662473043/packer/jqwg5zprhm5kuweelfde/2022-23SchoolProfileBrochureforCollegeOffice.pdf

I 100% do not assume public schools grade more leniently than private schools. Usually it's the opposite. Public schools kids can actually get a C or a D

Excellent example. Private school parents are delusional.

What the heck is the Packer Collegiate Institute?

This is like a 8th rung NYC private.

Packer isn't 8th rung. St Ann's and Packer are two blocks apart and they're ranked about the same. They're kinda yin and yang .. with some movement btw the two (Michelle Williams moved her daughter from St Ann's to Packer.. sometimes kids want to switch at some point btw k and 12, sometimes parents do ). Packer is very old school traditional prep (gossip girl was filmed there). Used to be WASPy Brooklyn Heights kids, but now it's just money, like all of the privates. Good college placement, but a lotta legacy kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes.
Most colleges know to take this into account. For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9. There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

I mean that’s great and all but all of you private school snobs thinking every student in public school is getting straight As are clueless. There are plenty of 3.5s and below.

It's not snobbery to acknowledge and be concerned about grade inflation and how that affects college admissions. At least in this area, in many privates the highest possible grade is a 4.0 and difficult for even one student in each class to achieve. Compare that to the hundreds of students in the top third to half of each APS high school class who have a 4.0 and are ALL ranked 1st in their class on their transcripts! https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1132533.page#25030755

More bullshit. They are not all ranked first. Fairfax county does not rank their students at all.

I specifically referred to Arlington Public Schools. Students with a 4.0 or higher are indeed ranked first in their classes in APS and comprise a third to a half of most classes. I have no experience with Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

I think all schools should publish a grade distribution like that

[Anonymous]

I don’t know about comparing hypothetical schools or generalizing. There are certainly both public and private schools known for their rigor, the competition among students and the difficulty of kids getting into the schools in the first place. I will say that of those students that I know, I have been surprised by college acceptances by students at certain private schools with GPAs that were lower than what I would have expected.

[Anonymous]

The one thing I learned from the Jeff Selingo book is that a lot of schools do recalculate the GPA. it's not that hard. Takes maybe 30 seconds out of the 8 minutes they spend on the application. They drop a lot of classes (they don't care about art, speech, etc) - and sometimes even a year of school - so the math isn't hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in nyc where there are plenty of private schools that are pretty well known for grade inflation.

Here's an example of grade distribution:

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1662473043/packer/jqwg5zprhm5kuweelfde/2022-23SchoolProfileBrochureforCollegeOffice.pdf

I 100% do not assume public schools grade more leniently than private schools. Usually it's the opposite. Public schools kids can actually get a C or a D

Excellent example. Private school parents are delusional.

What the heck is the Packer Collegiate Institute?

This is like a 8th rung NYC private.

Well, it has a college matriculation list that’s every bit as good as any of the Big 3.