Approx GPA range of Top 25% at SFS?

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Anonymous wrote:Class of 2022 was app 3.7

Interesting. That’s a lot of students.

I had a 2022 graduate there. I think it was lower, maybe 3.5 But since then and current DC, I think top 25% is higher.

I had a '22 grad and I cannot imagine it was that low. If that is the case, my kid was top 10% which I highly doubt.

Sorry, I was thinking 50%.

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Anonymous wrote:Grade deflation from top students who are taking hardest classes.

What does this mean?

You have kids who take every single advanced class and an advanced class at Sidwell is much more rigorous than even an AP at public. Then teachers who teach advanced tend to grade harder so I would not be surprised. Top schools know this but is tougher for too flagships that may just screen out GPA. This is what gets parents upset because a 4.0 with little rigor is not actually better than a 3.6 with rigor.

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But it’s all about the journey, not the destination, amirite?

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Anonymous wrote:But it’s all about the journey, not the destination, amirite?

Yes, but some people don't know that.

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For us it's 80-90 percent journey, 10-20 percent destination. But directionally speaking, yes.

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It depends on what journey you’re trying to travel.

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Anonymous wrote:It won't matter in college admissions if you don't have a hook. And if you do have it a hook, it won't matter either.

What a stupid comment

Really? Because the only reason someone asks this sort of question is because they are thinking of college admissions and gaming their chances for a top school.

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on what journey you’re trying to travel.

On the midnight train going anywhere

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Anonymous wrote:It won't matter in college admissions if you don't have a hook. And if you do have it a hook, it won't matter either.

What a stupid comment

Really? Because the only reason someone asks this sort of question is because they are thinking of college admissions and gaming their chances for a top school.

Yes. The comment itself is dumb and inaccurate regardless of the question is purports to answer

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Wow -- things have changed. When my kid graduated from SFS not that long ago, the average GPA was 3.2. I know it has come up in recent years. I still believe college admissions are not all about GPA there. If you are taking good classes, have an A- average, have a top ACT/SAT score (as most SFS kids do), and have some extras, you can compete for the top schools. Doesn't mean you'll get in, but you're competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow -- things have changed. When my kid graduated from SFS not that long ago, the average GPA was 3.2. I know it has come up in recent years. I still believe college admissions are not all about GPA there. If you are taking good classes, have an A- average, have a top ACT/SAT score (as most SFS kids do), and have some extras, you can compete for the top schools. Doesn't mean you'll get in, but you're competitive.

That is still the case, but the colleges are just that much more competitive now.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are taking good classes, have an A- average, have a top ACT/SAT score (as most SFS kids do), and have some extras, you can compete for the top schools. Doesn't mean you'll get in, but you're competitive.

What does "competitive" really mean though, for schools admitting under 10% of applicants? My sense is that it translates to making it past the first round or two of review, but ending up as one of the last cuts. That has no practical value to my kids or me. The outcome is no different from ending up in the reject pile early.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are taking good classes, have an A- average, have a top ACT/SAT score (as most SFS kids do), and have some extras, you can compete for the top schools. Doesn't mean you'll get in, but you're competitive.

What does "competitive" really mean though, for schools admitting under 10% of applicants? My sense is that it translates to making it past the first round or two of review, but ending up as one of the last cuts. That has no practical value to my kids or me. The outcome is no different from ending up in the reject pile early.

Right. It means you can enter the lottery with a 10% chance of your ticket being pulled.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow -- things have changed. When my kid graduated from SFS not that long ago, the average GPA was 3.2. I know it has come up in recent years. I still believe college admissions are not all about GPA there. If you are taking good classes, have an A- average, have a top ACT/SAT score (as most SFS kids do), and have some extras, you can compete for the top schools. Doesn't mean you'll get in, but you're competitive.

Grade inflation.

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Anonymous wrote:It won't matter in college admissions if you don't have a hook. And if you do have it a hook, it won't matter either.

What a stupid comment

Really? Because the only reason someone asks this sort of question is because they are thinking of college admissions and gaming their chances for a top school.

Yes. The comment itself is dumb and inaccurate regardless of the question is purports to answer

Agree to disagree.