Sidwell Junior - GPA concerns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how course rigor plays into everything? A 3.75 student in Multivariable calculus should be considered more highly than a student in AB Calculus by Senior year, I would think!

The schools that know sidwell's reputation will care about rigor. The schools that care about their incoming class's GPA won't

Please name some colleges that know sidwell's reputation and care about rigor.

Please name some colleges that care about their incoming class's GPA and don't care rigor.

Basically big state schools don’t care. Everybody else does.

[Anonymous]

^^^Michigan knows Sidwell-probably Wisconsin too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids had ~3.75 at Sidwell and are both attending "T20" schools, though not "top Ivy's" - they didn't apply because neither wanted more of the SFS type culture. Nothing wrong with it, they both just wanted something different.

Did this plan work for them? Serious question. I have a student that seems to think attending another tough school other than a top ivy will be somehow be dramatically different. These type of schools are full of aggressive, high performing students from number 1 down to number 20 and probably beyond. Plus the real world is full of these types. I am not sure his plan to aim a little lower than the top will solve this problem in any way.

Should not they just develop the skills to deal with the fact that plenty of things of life are difficult and competitive. Find a way to cope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

According to this (quite authoritative source for comparisons across schools as well), Sidwell median SAT a few years back was 1480:

https://graphics.wsj.com/dynamic-inset-iframer/?url=https://asset.wsj.net/wsjnewsgraphics/dice/ADVERSITY-e4e29395-d059-499c-aa63-6f10f4132367/inset.json&layout=bleed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

very funny

Why funny? Median GPA has been announced in School meetings with CCO. Median SAT is indeed around 1510.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

According to this (quite authoritative source for comparisons across schools as well), Sidwell median SAT a few years back was 1480:

https://graphics.wsj.com/dynamic-inset-iframer/?url=https://asset.wsj.net/wsjnewsgraphics/dice/ADVERSITY-e4e29395-d059-499c-aa63-6f10f4132367/inset.json&layout=bleed

So odd...WSJ ran a story supposedly using the same index and indicated the following:

At Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the median SAT is 1310, which the College Board's Adversity Index would reduce to 1218.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

Yes, this makes sense. lower performing kids are applying test optional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

According to this (quite authoritative source for comparisons across schools as well), Sidwell median SAT a few years back was 1480:

https://graphics.wsj.com/dynamic-inset-iframer/?url=https://asset.wsj.net/wsjnewsgraphics/dice/ADVERSITY-e4e29395-d059-499c-aa63-6f10f4132367/inset.json&layout=bleed

So odd...WSJ ran a story supposedly using the same index and indicated the following:

At Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the median SAT is 1310, which the College Board's Adversity Index would reduce to 1218.

Odd. In the upper half of the class (top 60/65 students), median SAT has been around 1530-1550 in recent years

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

Where did you get this data? The median Sidwell SAT in 2019 was 1310...did it really jump 200 points in 3 years?

According to this (quite authoritative source for comparisons across schools as well), Sidwell median SAT a few years back was 1480:

https://graphics.wsj.com/dynamic-inset-iframer/?url=https://asset.wsj.net/wsjnewsgraphics/dice/ADVERSITY-e4e29395-d059-499c-aa63-6f10f4132367/inset.json&layout=bleed

So odd...WSJ ran a story supposedly using the same index and indicated the following:

At Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the median SAT is 1310, which the College Board's Adversity Index would reduce to 1218.

To my knowledge, WSJ never said that.

[Anonymous]

There's a link there so yes the data analyzed by the WSJ says that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a link there so yes the data analyzed by the WSJ says that

Where is the link? Is it a WSJ link? Or third party?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a link there so yes the data analyzed by the WSJ says that

I think you have this link in mind (but it is not WSJ):
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2019/11/the-impact-of-the-sat-adversity-index-on-median-sats-a-school-by-school-analysiss-consider-adversity.html

[Anonymous]

I graduated in the early 2000s and the median was around 1450-1500 then. My 1400 resulted in me being "required" to retake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell Median GPA: 3.55, Median SAT: 1510

I call BS on this. Please provide a link for this.