Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
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Anonymous
| No chance Michigan |
Anonymous
| a 3.5 is a lowest A average (A-). There are not a lot of kids with that GPA at Sidwell and likely corresponds to a very, very strong test results. So depending on what other factors there are, including ECs, I'm not sure you can rule any school out although most competitive will be a stretch. Strongest variable will be teacher recommendations. |
Anonymous
This whole legacy thing has become such a racket. This whole sports thing has become such a racket. Hmmm, wonder why you aren't complaining about those? |
Anonymous
An A- average at Sidwell (assuming you didn't just take all lowest rigor classes) will get you into Michigan. |
Anonymous
| Seven Sisters, William & Mary, Davidson, Vandy, NYU, Case Western, BC and Trinity. |
Anonymous
Not thrilled with the college sports recruting scene. But at least that's tied to the student's individual abilities and performance, rather than merely student's status as self-identified with some racial grouping. |
Anonymous
A 3.0 will you get you into Trinity - especially if you are full-pay. I should know, I went there! |
Anonymous
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An A- student from Sidwell with decent scores is in the pool of potential admits at any school, including all the Ivies. The distribution of GPAs at Sidwell is different than at the public schools. And because the standards are high and the classes small, teacher recs can be profoundly influential. If the Sidwell history or English chair wrote a recommendation that your DC was one of the strongest students in 10 years, the odds of admission would be good anywhere even with a lower GPA. Practically, though, she/he can't make Yale his/her first and only choice and must be prepared to look at schools that might be a good fit but not as competitive.
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Anonymous
Someone with a 3.5 is unlikely to be the best a teacher has seen in 10 years. And teacher recs aren't "profoundly influential" anywhere. Nice to have good ones, and certainly a factor, but hardly profound. |
Anonymous
Yup, my DD got into Trinity with a 3.0 from another private school. Went elsewhere though. |
Anonymous
| Swarthmore, Middlebury, Tufts, Davidson, Vandy, Pomona, etc. |
Anonymous
Camp Trin-Trin is pretty easy to get into from ANYWHERE, if you're paying full freight. |
Anonymous
| Yeah- Trinity takes anyone. Michigan, not so much. Not sure when people will realize the true selectiveness/quality of top tier public schools, ESPECIALLY for out of state |
Anonymous
| Michigan takes six or seven kids from Sidwell every year. This is the 3.5 GPA and above crowd. Michigan knows what it is getting - excellent students who don't need support and can thrive at a great school. |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry I mean to say this is NOT the 3.5 gpa and above crowd |