Outcomes: private high school results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:50% of a public school should not be getting an A. It is meaningless.

I would say this is true in public or private. The idea that a 80th or 90th percentile performance in a class gets the same letter grade and GPA "credit" as someone with a 55th percentile performance is laughable to me.

[Anonymous]

Grade inflation at high schools - really good question/discussion on YCBK podcast (April 10) with the Milton college counselor.

Also on that episode there was a good discussion of authenticity and passion projects.

[Anonymous]

This is just an observation but it felt like after BLM, blacks and URMs got a huge boost at the expense of high state white and Asian kids. Once race was taken away, those deserving kids got in as they should have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just an observation but it felt like after BLM, blacks and URMs got a huge boost at the expense of high state white and Asian kids. Once race was taken away, those deserving kids got in as they should have.

Troll. Ignore this person.

[Anonymous]

They use landscape- the grades don’t matter independently; it’s all compared to others from same HS using the software Landscape.

AI does it instantly….and it tells them who is the strongest applicant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see it. I've seen the grade distribution at a school like Harvard Westlake and about 50% of the kids get an A and the other 50% get a B, and then there are a few Cs, Ds, Fs. We're at a public and it's pretty much the same too - some teacher release grade distribution and it's roughly 10 As, 10 Bs, and then like 6 Cs, Ds, Fs ( in a class of 26 kids). So Churchill's 59% between 3.5-4.0 does seem high but not huge surprise that 50% of the kids of at a school would have a GPA between 3.5 -4.0.

As for "retaking" a class. That's only for kids who get a D or F in a class. They can try to recover the class (by taking the class over again) and get a C. The D or F still remains on the transcript, but the C is calculated into the GPA. I imagine private schools might have an even more generous recovery policy?

I do get that there are schools out there that are plain easy - online schools or schools that rely heavily on online classes.

I can’t believe I need to point this out, but Harvard Westlake is an elite school that accepts about 20% of students. Most of the kids are brilliant. And your public accepts…everyone. Harvard Westlake kids are earning their grades. That’s why Ivies love them.

This….. come on ppl. Do better.

Lol. This is exactly why we're glad to have left private school. You can't open your mind to the fact that the top kids at a public would do just as well as kids at a private. Yes, public schools accept everyone, but at the Honors and AP classes, the kids will get As and Bs and some Cs, Ds, Fs. There are many different kinds of public schools out there too.

I have good friends with kids at the top private schools in our area and at good public schools. Outcomes are roughly the same. It can be a bit better for the athletes and legacy kids at private. And for many public schools kids, our state school is the only option for them financially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grade inflation at high schools - really good question/discussion on YCBK podcast (April 10) with the Milton college counselor.

Also on that episode there was a good discussion of authenticity and passion projects.

Best episode this spring. Really informative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They use landscape- the grades don’t matter independently; it’s all compared to others from same HS using the software Landscape.

AI does it instantly….and it tells them who is the strongest applicant.

How can you pick the strongest applicant if 50% have a 4.0. Do you accept them all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They use landscape- the grades don’t matter independently; it’s all compared to others from same HS using the software Landscape.

AI does it instantly….and it tells them who is the strongest applicant.

How can you pick the strongest applicant if 50% have a 4.0. Do you accept them all?

Based on course selection.
AP scores and standardized testing.

But it’s also why it’s harder for public school kids in T20 when there’s a lot of grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They use landscape- the grades don’t matter independently; it’s all compared to others from same HS using the software Landscape.

AI does it instantly….and it tells them who is the strongest applicant.

How can you pick the strongest applicant if 50% have a 4.0. Do you accept them all?

Differentiation and institutional needs (major; other niche interests etc)….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They use landscape- the grades don’t matter independently; it’s all compared to others from same HS using the software Landscape.

AI does it instantly….and it tells them who is the strongest applicant.

How can you pick the strongest applicant if 50% have a 4.0. Do you accept them all?

Eeny meeny miney mo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just an observation but it felt like after BLM, blacks and URMs got a huge boost at the expense of high state white and Asian kids. Once race was taken away, those deserving kids got in as they should have.

This is my initial impression, as our NYC girls private did better than they have in over 6 yrs. We’ll see what happens next yr I guess - maybe this was just a smart class, or many female engineering applicants?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is just an observation but it felt like after BLM, blacks and URMs got a huge boost at the expense of high state white and Asian kids. Once race was taken away, those deserving kids got in as they should have.

This is my initial impression, as our NYC girls private did better than they have in over 6 yrs. We’ll see what happens next yr I guess - maybe this was just a smart class, or many female engineering applicants?

Our coed private did really really well. Def the best since the last 5 years or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The privates are getting all the early WL calls from T20 too.

This isn’t news. It’s like this every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see it. I've seen the grade distribution at a school like Harvard Westlake and about 50% of the kids get an A and the other 50% get a B, and then there are a few Cs, Ds, Fs. We're at a public and it's pretty much the same too - some teacher release grade distribution and it's roughly 10 As, 10 Bs, and then like 6 Cs, Ds, Fs ( in a class of 26 kids). So Churchill's 59% between 3.5-4.0 does seem high but not huge surprise that 50% of the kids of at a school would have a GPA between 3.5 -4.0.

As for "retaking" a class. That's only for kids who get a D or F in a class. They can try to recover the class (by taking the class over again) and get a C. The D or F still remains on the transcript, but the C is calculated into the GPA. I imagine private schools might have an even more generous recovery policy?

I do get that there are schools out there that are plain easy - online schools or schools that rely heavily on online classes.

I can’t believe I need to point this out, but Harvard Westlake is an elite school that accepts about 20% of students. Most of the kids are brilliant. And your public accepts…everyone. Harvard Westlake kids are earning their grades. That’s why Ivies love them.

This….. come on ppl. Do better.

Lol. This is exactly why we're glad to have left private school. You can't open your mind to the fact that the top kids at a public would do just as well as kids at a private. Yes, public schools accept everyone, but at the Honors and AP classes, the kids will get As and Bs and some Cs, Ds, Fs. There are many different kinds of public schools out there too.

I have good friends with kids at the top private schools in our area and at good public schools. Outcomes are roughly the same. It can be a bit better for the athletes and legacy kids at private. And for many public schools kids, our state school is the only option for them financially.

No, you don’t seem to realize that private schools weed out a lot of the A students in your public APs. Harvard Westlake had 34 National Merit Scholars. Fairfax COUNTY had 36.