Sidwell Junior - GPA concerns

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A is 93.

DC got a 92.45 which was an A-.

My DC got a 89.4 in world language class and asked if the teacher could offer the entire class a project or something to earn a few extra points to help get that grade to a 90. Teacher said no. No rounding up, no extra credit, no test corrections, just NO. Bummer since my kid has so many deferrals and the fall semester grades are important. Not exactly complaining, but just an example of how grading goes at these schools.

Isn’t that pretty typical? My kid’s 2 Bs were both 89.4 - there has to be a cutoff somewhere. He has also been on the low end of the higher grade (90 or 91). You win some, you lose some.

I would roll my eyes at an EC request if I were a teacher.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

[Anonymous]

Maybe three years ago but not anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

I’m confused about this bc we were told EXPLICITLY that Sidwell does not calculate GPAs!

They don’t. But they give you GPA second semester junior year to give you an idea of grades to be able to select colleges.

[Anonymous]

3.75 doesn't seem very high. Is it? What class rank it that. Our private weights so DC is a 4.34 and since I was curious I recalculated unweighted its a 3.92. Only 2 B+ and 1 A- and DC is 11th in the class. And I don't think with this a top 10 is at all possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

No. It will put you in the 25 - 50 range

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.75 doesn't seem very high. Is it? What class rank it that. Our private weights so DC is a 4.34 and since I was curious I recalculated unweighted its a 3.92. Only 2 B+ and 1 A- and DC is 11th in the class. And I don't think with this a top 10 is at all possible.

How many students in your child's class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

The class selection and what teacher they got make a BIG difference, but the colleges will not see that. Last year the kids who got Cs in Math2 dropped down to get easy As. Some teachers hardly give any As. If you’re relatively bright and get lucky with the teachers it’s not hard to come out with a high GPA. The kids know who is really smart and who cheats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There is some luck involved at every school - public or private
There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

The class selection and what teacher they got make a BIG difference, but the colleges will not see that. Last year the kids who got Cs in Math2 dropped down to get easy As. Some teachers hardly give any As. If you’re relatively bright and get lucky with the teachers it’s not hard to come out with a high GPA. The kids know who is really smart and who cheats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

The class selection and what teacher they got make a BIG difference, but the colleges will not see that. Last year the kids who got Cs in Math2 dropped down to get easy As. Some teachers hardly give any As. If you’re relatively bright and get lucky with the teachers it’s not hard to come out with a high GPA. The kids know who is really smart and who cheats.

There is definitely a lot of cheating. Not just at Sidwell but every school these days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

Not at all. At least there didn’t used to be even a couple of years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.75 doesn't seem very high. Is it? What class rank it that. Our private weights so DC is a 4.34 and since I was curious I recalculated unweighted its a 3.92. Only 2 B+ and 1 A- and DC is 11th in the class. And I don't think with this a top 10 is at all possible.

3.75 at Sidwell is top 25 in the grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell sent GPAs today (computed including Fall Junior year). 3.75 -- Hoping that this puts DC in a competitive range for T10/t20.

There are too many other factors to be able to assess - EC's, rigor of coursework, etc.

This. Exactly. 3.75 is great and T10 contender depending on your ECs

3.75 will put you in the running at the bottom half of T10

Whoever wrote this is nuts. You think this GPA will make you strong for the bottom of top 10. Getting into Hopkins or Duke with this? How about top 20. Easy admit to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame, WashU. There are 30 kids in your own class with better GPAs, but yet you think you will be 1 of 1700 students from across the county to make it into these schools? Hop over to the College Discussion forum for a dose of reality.

There are 30 kids above a 3.75 in a sidwell class? Is this true?

I just posted, and posited 25, but somewhere in that range plus or minus either way.