I have never seen in private high schools ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know everyone’s GPA? Do you go around asking? Are parents introducing themselves as “hi, I’m Timmy’s mom, he has a 3.4.”

Once you get access to SCOIR or Naviance you can see GPAs from the class before yours.

I can’t imagine scouring SCOIR to determine how many kids have “X” gpa.

We only looked in general comparison to our kid. You have too much time on your hands.

For the love of Pete, stop being difficult. I didn't scour Scoir looking at GPAs. I probably looked at 40 schools that my kid was interested in. I got a general sense for how low GPAs can go. There were a few in the 2's.

[Anonymous]

NCS has no 4.0's this year. Last year there was one.
This comes from college counseling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I graduated from NCS with a high 2.-something. I don’t remember the actual gpa, I’ve blocked out much of the experience.

They didn't "counsel" you out?

[Anonymous]

Whenever we say anything to DS about his grades not being as great as they could be, he lists multiple peers with sub 3.0s. I assume he’s correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I graduated from NCS with a high 2.-something. I don’t remember the actual gpa, I’ve blocked out much of the experience.

They didn't "counsel" you out?

No, I managed to stay above the threshold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the past three years, our school had four kids with 4.0 gpa, two with gpa below 3.0.

Scoir Stalker lives on!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This again? If you feel so strongly about this, there’s always public school.

Really? With a senior?

This again?

[Anonymous]

This is not a mystery. The school profile given to colleges almost always shows the grade distribution of the class with the exact percentage of students in each GPA range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NCS has no 4.0's this year. Last year there was one.
This comes from college counseling.

Hmmm, I have a senior and they didn't tell us that. I'm sure whoever told you that info is really glad that you chose to share it here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NCS has no 4.0's this year. Last year there was one.
This comes from college counseling.

Hmmm, I have a senior and they didn't tell us that. I'm sure whoever told you that info is really glad that you chose to share it here.

There were a number of parents in the room when they shared it and I also heard it from girls as they were told it. It's not a state secret. You are odd.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a Big 3 for a decade, this was pre-pandemic, but there was no student with a 4.0 at this particular school over my decade there. I am confident as I reviewed the grades of all students at a certain grade level during my time there and in that grade level there were never students with straight As down the board as the end-of-year grade. There is always at least one A-, or a few A-s, from freshman year and then typically a random A- from the more rigorous courses later on, like Honors Precalc, the junior year tough English teacher, etc. I can tell you there are students with a sub-3.0 GPA every year, out of the class of about 80 students, I would estimate at least 5 each year had a high 2.x GPA, which is a B-/C+ average. Most kids who would have below 2.5 would have been counseled out by sophomore year. Back in those days, kids with a 2.8 GPA from a Big 3 could still get into schools like College of Charleston, SMU, Sewanee, Muhlenburg, etc. if they were full pay but times have changed. Grading also changed during the pandemic, so my information may no longer be relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked at a Big 3 for a decade, this was pre-pandemic, but there was no student with a 4.0 at this particular school over my decade there. I am confident as I reviewed the grades of all students at a certain grade level during my time there and in that grade level there were never students with straight As down the board as the end-of-year grade. There is always at least one A-, or a few A-s, from freshman year and then typically a random A- from the more rigorous courses later on, like Honors Precalc, the junior year tough English teacher, etc. I can tell you there are students with a sub-3.0 GPA every year, out of the class of about 80 students, I would estimate at least 5 each year had a high 2.x GPA, which is a B-/C+ average. Most kids who would have below 2.5 would have been counseled out by sophomore year. Back in those days, kids with a 2.8 GPA from a Big 3 could still get into schools like College of Charleston, SMU, Sewanee, Muhlenburg, etc. if they were full pay but times have changed. Grading also changed during the pandemic, so my information may no longer be relevant.

2.8 went to SMU full pay makes sense.

[Anonymous]

IDK. My DC graduated from one of the privates in upper NW relatively recently. DC's transcript had more A+s than A-s so I guess the GPA was over 4.0. According to DC, there were students who were better/more advanced in every single subject so they did not think they were so special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IDK. My DC graduated from one of the privates in upper NW relatively recently. DC's transcript had more A+s than A-s so I guess the GPA was over 4.0. According to DC, there were students who were better/more advanced in every single subject so they did not think they were so special.

I don’t think most of the big 3 have A+. Ncs does not have A+, StA doesn’t even have A minus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IDK. My DC graduated from one of the privates in upper NW relatively recently. DC's transcript had more A+s than A-s so I guess the GPA was over 4.0. According to DC, there were students who were better/more advanced in every single subject so they did not think they were so special.

A+? That’s not a Big 3/5 high school.
I don’t think the OP had your type of private school in mind when she posted.