12 and counting to U Chicago this year from Sidwell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:someone listed the gpa chart for harvard-westake? and the gp's were lower than most ivies and even schools like northwestern. it was a very revealing set of hard data published by the school, so no self reporting shenanigans

76% of the Chicago admits were in the top GPA tier (3.8 or above), which was slightly better than Cornell and slightly lower than Columbia.

Very revealing that they get smart kids, I guess.

Many private schools don't provide gpa. Chicago does not report gpa if the high schools don't report gpa. This loophole allows them to take many private school kids without disclosing their gpas. Someone mentioned HW gpas for Chicago being lower than many T20 schools, which is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:someone listed the gpa chart for harvard-westake? and the gp's were lower than most ivies and even schools like northwestern. it was a very revealing set of hard data published by the school, so no self reporting shenanigans

76% of the Chicago admits were in the top GPA tier (3.8 or above), which was slightly better than Cornell and slightly lower than Columbia.

Very revealing that they get smart kids, I guess.

Many private schools don't provide gpa. Chicago does not report gpa if the high schools don't report gpa. This loophole allows them to take many private school kids without disclosing their gpas. Someone mentioned HW gpas for Chicago being lower than many T20 schools, which is true.

No, you’re missing the point. The numbers I cited are the HW numbers.

76% of their admits were in the top GPA tier, better than Cornell and just behind Columbia. Is it true that it’s 100% for HYP? Sure. But that’s not particularly meaningful. At any of these schools you are surrounded by top kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine getting on a SF area website and saying “at our Washington DC private . . .”

Who the F cares?

DP, but there’s nothing similar to DCUM for any other metro, hence why people in other metros are here. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine getting on a SF area website and saying “at our Washington DC private . . .”

Who the F cares?

DP, but there’s nothing similar to DCUM for any other metro, hence why people in other metros are here. Get over yourself.

This is a thread about a specific day school in Washington DC.

[Anonymous]

My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

Oh no, you mentioned a school outside DMV. Get ready to be berated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

My DD is currently a junior at Lville and this is absolute fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

My DD is currently a junior at Lville and this is absolute fiction.

Evidenced by…

[Anonymous]

And is it just me or is seeking this much info from your nephew weird? I couldn’t care less what stats are needed to get into Chicago at my nephew’s school. Odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone explain this to me

So, the University of Chicago is a higher education institution in Illinois. Sidwell presumably refers to Sidwell Friends, a well-known private school in Washington, D.C. Evidently, a dozen students from Sidwell Friends will matriculate to the University of Chicago in the fall. What about this is confusing to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And is it just me or is seeking this much info from your nephew weird? I couldn’t care less what stats are needed to get into Chicago at my nephew’s school. Odd.

Not odd at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine getting on a SF area website and saying “at our Washington DC private . . .”

Who the F cares?

DP, but there’s nothing similar to DCUM for any other metro, hence why people in other metros are here. Get over yourself.

This is a thread about a specific day school in Washington DC.

More accurately, it’s about a national university and private high schools in the country!

[Anonymous]

The miserable Chicago haters in this thread are just parents still sour their kids couldn’t get into elite private schools. There, there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:someone listed the gpa chart for harvard-westake? and the gp's were lower than most ivies and even schools like northwestern. it was a very revealing set of hard data published by the school, so no self reporting shenanigans

76% of the Chicago admits were in the top GPA tier (3.8 or above), which was slightly better than Cornell and slightly lower than Columbia.

Very revealing that they get smart kids, I guess.

Many private schools don't provide gpa. Chicago does not report gpa if the high schools don't report gpa. This loophole allows them to take many private school kids without disclosing their gpas. Someone mentioned HW gpas for Chicago being lower than many T20 schools, which is true.

No, you’re missing the point. The numbers I cited are the HW numbers.

76% of their admits were in the top GPA tier, better than Cornell and just behind Columbia. Is it true that it’s 100% for HYP? Sure. But that’s not particularly meaningful. At any of these schools you are surrounded by top kids.

HW is not similar to Sidwell situation. HW is sending only 3 to Chicago this year vs Sidwell 12-15. HW has a 300+ senior class vs Sidwell ~120.

[Anonymous]

Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.