How are Big 3s doing with ED?

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

EA colleges never want senior year fall semester grades (the turn around is too tight for kids from ANY school). NCS grades came out Jan 17th so they just had this week to submit. It doesn't make any sense that this week would be too late for ED2. FCPS (for example) doesn't have fall semester grades available until early February.

Why are you on here writing no one wants to hear from you. Seriously. For many girls it could have made a difference to send those grades in as other schools sent them and even though they were not required. Fact.

Calm down. What do you want them to send if grades weren't available until last Friday? My reference point is FCPS and no grades are sent at all until early Feb there. I think most publics are the same--their fall semester isn't even over yet.

No one cares about FCPS and their college admittance percentage is not in the same league.

Actually, I've had kids at both and frankly it's pretty similar.

Not having fall grades is part of applying EA. I went to an information session at UVA a year ago and the admissions dean told the auditorium crowd: "if you feel that your application will be helped by us seeing fall senior grades, you should apply RD and not ED/EA".

Blatant lies. FCPS college admits are not similar. We can all see the percentage of kids there going to top 40 schools and it is not even in the same digits percentage wise. Why are you on here antagonizing other parents?

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Anonymous wrote:GDS is doing well this year - They still look stronger than Sidwell this year, but they are not killing it like last year when they had an astounding number of tippy top admissions: many Harvard (6) Princeton (3), etc.

The hysterical posts from Sidwell parents on this thread seem to indicate these parents think Sidwell still has the best record overall despite the fact last year, both St Albans and GDS did better.

Based on GDS’ and Sidwell’s IG accounts (STS’s doesn’t exist), Sidwell is doing significantly better than GDS (per usual) when it comes to college matriculations. If one is able to count, the truth is obvious.

STA’s college placement is underwhelming. Its website indicates that it only excels at sending students to UChicago. Sidwell does well at UChicago and every Ivy, which isn’t something STA can say. STA hasn’t sent a single student to Penn or Brown in the past 5 years! Penn sent 6 students to Penn LAST YEAR (2024).

https://www.stalbansschool.org/about/meet-st-albans

Sidwell sent 6 students to Penn LAST YEAR (2024).

If true, I stand corrected. STA hasn’t sent more than 5 students to Penn and Brown over the past 5 years. That’s not good. And you will never convince me it’s because STA students just don’t want to go to those two Ivies.

Those kids are at Dartmouth and Princeton and not applied to Brown per the school naviance. Many STA kids CURRENTLY at Dartmouth and Princeton and a few at Yale, Harvard, and Penn. What is your obsession with Penn? It is weird. How many Sidwell kids at Dartmouth or Princeton? Not many considering it is much larger than STA.

That’s a fight you really don’t want to have. Sidwell students are admitted to every Ivy every year. STA cannot say the same. Last year, Sidwell sent 6 students to Penn, 4 to Harvard, 2 each to Dartmouth, Cornell, and Columbia. And 1 each to the the remaining Ivies, except Princeton. The Princeton admit chose Harvard.

STA has only sent 10 students to Harvard over the past 5 years. During that same time period, Sidwell has sent about 20 students to Harvard. Sidwell is larger than STA, but it isn’t close to double its size.

Sidwell sending 18 to ivies is about same as typical year at gds, but is lower than ncs on a per student basis and not much ahead of sta.
Of course, top NYC and Boston area privates blow the doors off any DMV private.

You wish—lol! GDS had a good year last year, and it was about the same as Sidwell’s c/o 2024. GDS typically has a year like it did in 2023 (meh) and this year.

Guess you haven't been paying attention. Basically indistinguishable.

It must be tough to be GDS—always trying to measure up to Sidwell. This one-sided competition must be exhausting!

Oh, i think you were passed years ago. And certainly by the time the Obamas exiited. Stuck in the past, and not in a good way (STA and NCS being stuck in the past is part of their charm).

“I think you were passed years ago.” By who—GDS?!? Even you don’t believe that nonsense. Thanks for the chuckle though—lol! 🤣

Not PP, but just reading all these Sidwell booster posts. Y'all been passed by everyone, not just GDS.

Maret too is back. I'm old enough to remember the pre-Obama pecking order. And Maret was a hot school and regularly picked over striver Sidwell (which was pining for the Chelsea days back then). We're back to those days. Maret is definitely in the passing lane (about to pass the 2009 Volvo with SFS stickers).

Is there another school named Maret? You certainly don’t mean the Maret that historically has been known to take students that were counseled out of other private schools (for academic and behavioral reasons).

If you’re referring to the Maret on Cathedral Ave., please exit this chat. You don’t have the range or the credentials to participate in this discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

EA colleges never want senior year fall semester grades (the turn around is too tight for kids from ANY school). NCS grades came out Jan 17th so they just had this week to submit. It doesn't make any sense that this week would be too late for ED2. FCPS (for example) doesn't have fall semester grades available until early February.

Why are you on here writing no one wants to hear from you. Seriously. For many girls it could have made a difference to send those grades in as other schools sent them and even though they were not required. Fact.

Calm down. What do you want them to send if grades weren't available until last Friday? My reference point is FCPS and no grades are sent at all until early Feb there. I think most publics are the same--their fall semester isn't even over yet.

Noone cares what other public schools do - this is the Private School Forum.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

EA colleges never want senior year fall semester grades (the turn around is too tight for kids from ANY school). NCS grades came out Jan 17th so they just had this week to submit. It doesn't make any sense that this week would be too late for ED2. FCPS (for example) doesn't have fall semester grades available until early February.

Actually a few schools ED 2 are end of January like Washington and Lee, Smith, and a few others….

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Anonymous wrote:Maret does not grade deflate like the other schools do.
Average GPA for the class of 2025 is a 3.7 (per their school profile). At NCS it's a 3.5.
Average SAT at Maret is 100 points lower than at NCS.


The grade deflation policies ("a 3.5 is great!") are not working in 2025 where the public school GPAs continue to sail upwards (now in the high 4.9s at many). The private schools that haven't adjusted upward (at least by a bit) are struggling.

It is not grade deflation in my opinion. It is GPA deflation. Maret computes GPA differently. Same 4.0 scale but uses the number grades to get an average of the semester then converts that number. More accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Do you have any idea how many tens of thousands of EA applications Michigan now receives? And how long it takes to process them and make EA decisions? The vast majority of applicants are going to be deferred. No one is going to move the needle from "defer" to "accept" based on 1st semester grades received just days before. Those grades may ultimately help with admission there, but for EA purposes you're either a definite yes or you're not.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

DP. Did these seniors not apply to any safeties? EA schools have been coming out all fall and winter: Pitt, PennState, Clemson, St Andrew's, Vermont, Indiana, Colorado, etc etc I don't understand why a girl would yet be accepted anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

This is the most unhelpful reply I have yet to see. Maybe those applicants were not having a significant increase in their GPA like many of the current seniors are.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

Irrelevant to this year and to individual students counting on the new better grades to help their applications.

Let me guess your kid got into their top 3 choice school and now you are trying to make others feel bad for being concerned?

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

This is the most unhelpful reply I have yet to see. Maybe those applicants were not having a significant increase in their GPA like many of the current seniors are.

No one can significantly increase their overall GPA in one semester. Basic math!

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

This is the most unhelpful reply I have yet to see. Maybe those applicants were not having a significant increase in their GPA like many of the current seniors are.

DP. A signifiant increase in one semester isn't even mathematically possible! Let's say you ended 11th grade with a 3.5 and get a 4.0 this first semester. Your GPA is now 3.57. Not exactly needle moving. And the impact of a 4.0 is even less if you started with higher than a 3.5.
I don't mean to argue but I really think you need to relax.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

This is the most unhelpful reply I have yet to see. Maybe those applicants were not having a significant increase in their GPA like many of the current seniors are.

No one can significantly increase their overall GPA in one semester. Basic math!

DP. You are really dense. Yes all of my kids’ GPA’s increased significantly. Get out your calculator and do some basic computations and you can see how that may be possible.

By the way I am sure the official school transcripts do not lie and they seem to show a significant increase for both of my students from fall to spring.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS went 0/8 at Northwestern. Maret had 6 Northwestern admissions. Something is not working.

Northwestern is a tough one for NCS. They’re big on gpa. They admit a lot of TO students with high gpa’s. NCS students tend to be the opposite.

I’m a new poster on this thread. Two different friends are telling me their daughter’s colleges were not sent the first semester grades and new better gpa in time and they missed the deadline for EA or ED 2 time frame.

Michigan comes out today and NCS sent transcripts today. Classes ended January 10th. NCS should have gotten report cards and transcripts out as soon as possible for those SENIORS not yet accepted anywhere.

Last year 4 girls at NCS matriculated to Michigan and more were accepted but did not attend. Second semester grades were available later than this year.

The lack of 1st semester grades wasn’t an issue.

This is the most unhelpful reply I have yet to see. Maybe those applicants were not having a significant increase in their GPA like many of the current seniors are.

DP. A signifiant increase in one semester isn't even mathematically possible! Let's say you ended 11th grade with a 3.5 and get a 4.0 this first semester. Your GPA is now 3.57. Not exactly needle moving. And the impact of a 4.0 is even less if you started with higher than a 3.5.
I don't mean to argue but I really think you need to relax.

So the transcript lies?