What was your UNHOOKED Big3 senior's GPA and what type of school are they attending in the fall?

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

All colleges recalculate GPAs so that they’re able to make an apples to apples comparison. The public school student’s inflated GPA will be compared to the (Big 3) private school student’s GPA using the same scale. That’s why Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools are sending graduates to the aforementioned colleges this year.

Well this is why private high school leads to private college and public high school leads to public college. And it’s also why people who went to public college know that the top kids there are no less smart than those at ivys. It’s the top private college kids who really don’t understand the world beyond their own coddled / enabled existences.

What are you talking about?!? Big 3 grads, without artificially inflated GPAs, will attend Cal, UCLA, Michigan, and UVA this fall. So in those instances, private high school has lead to public college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

All colleges recalculate GPAs so that they’re able to make an apples to apples comparison. The public school student’s inflated GPA will be compared to the (Big 3) private school student’s GPA using the same scale. That’s why Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools are sending graduates to the aforementioned colleges this year.

Well, that just can’t be true. If it were, then all the private school parents wouldn’t be able to complain about deflated/inflated grades and W/UW GPAs. And they do. All the time. So you must be wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

All colleges recalculate GPAs so that they’re able to make an apples to apples comparison. The public school student’s inflated GPA will be compared to the (Big 3) private school student’s GPA using the same scale. That’s why Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools are sending graduates to the aforementioned colleges this year.

Well, that just can’t be true. If it were, then all the private school parents wouldn’t be able to complain about deflated/inflated grades and W/UW GPAs. And they do. All the time. So you must be wrong.

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Multiple very strong unhooked kids to Chicago (this year and last). More ED2 but also RD.
Chicago still seems to like the Big3, especially Sidwell.

This will probably change this year, as UChicago will have a new admissions representative for this area.

Nah, it probably won’t. Why would U of C fix what isn’t broken? Sidwell graduates clearly do well at the college, so it would be stupid for U of C to reduce qualified Sidwell admits.

Lots of NCS girls go every year to Chicago too. I think 8 girls are going this year, which is a lot out of a class of 72.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple very strong unhooked kids to Chicago (this year and last). More ED2 but also RD.
Chicago still seems to like the Big3, especially Sidwell.

They like STA too.

But not everyone is interested in going to college in Chicago ….

City wise, isn't it considered an upgrade by most in the US to DC, Philly, or Boston? It also seems like a great college city with a lot going on.
Even with the fear of violence that persists, I think it is generally preferred to "the swamp."
I guess the midwest coast isn't for everyone though.

Winter is brutal.

Chicago seems like an interesting place to me. But coming from DC, I'd choose Boston over Chicago any day - especially as a college student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

This year, every Big 3 is sending students to UC Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, and UVA (who the hell wants to go to UT from DC?!?).

None of these students have above a 4.0 because there are no APs/weighted grades at the Big 3 schools. What lie are you going to tell next?

But at our Big 3, the kids going to these schools are all hooked (in the case of UVA I'm adding in-state to hooked) - unhooked kids are not going to these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

All colleges recalculate GPAs so that they’re able to make an apples to apples comparison. The public school student’s inflated GPA will be compared to the (Big 3) private school student’s GPA using the same scale. That’s why Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools are sending graduates to the aforementioned colleges this year.

UC still gives a bump to AP courses in their own recalculation. If you go to a Big 3 and take English (no AP offered) and get a 5 on the AP Lang or AP Lit exam - you do NOT get a bump in UC calculation. There is a difference even when colleges recalculate. Those schools aren't giving some special bump to Big 3 students for the English class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Multiple very strong unhooked kids to Chicago (this year and last). More ED2 but also RD.
Chicago still seems to like the Big3, especially Sidwell.

Really? My friend whose DC is a senior at Sidwell this year said only 3 kids go to U Chicago this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

This year, every Big 3 is sending students to UC Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, and UVA (who the hell wants to go to UT from DC?!?).

None of these students have above a 4.0 because there are no APs/weighted grades at the Big 3 schools. What lie are you going to tell next?

But at our Big 3, the kids going to these schools are all hooked (in the case of UVA I'm adding in-state to hooked) - unhooked kids are not going to these schools.

At my Big 3, NONE of the admitted students who are attending in the fall are “hooked.”

Btw, UC schools are not permitted to consider legacy/donor status in admissions.
We also know that race cannot be considered at the UCs, and no DC Metro student lives in-state for California or Michigan schools. Finally, at my Big 3, none of the students attending the aforementioned schools are recruited athletes.

It may be hard for some of you to grasp, but Cal, UCLA, Michigan and UVA continue to admit Big 3 students who are completely unhooked. It’s ok…you will deal.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/current-issues/admissions#:~:text=Per%20long%2Destablished%20UC%20Regents,children%20of%20alumni%20or%20donors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids all sound NII great. Those GPAs at a Big 3 are incredible and you should all be proud!

Here’s the issue with Big3 GPAs even 3.8+ … they don’t seem high when you have public school kids getting up to 4.5 — in fact, they seem low especially at the larger state magnets (Berkeley / UCLA / Michigan / UVA / Texas) where it’s impossible not be just a number. The Big3s will tell you that all the admissions teams at the colleges know how rigorous they are and what their grade ranges are but guess what: they really don’t — it’s impossible when reviewing hundreds or thousands of apps that ultimately start looking the same to keep that in mind even if you heard it once or twice in passing.

Parents of Big3 kids need to internalize this, keep it in mind, and move on …

All colleges recalculate GPAs so that they’re able to make an apples to apples comparison. The public school student’s inflated GPA will be compared to the (Big 3) private school student’s GPA using the same scale. That’s why Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools are sending graduates to the aforementioned colleges this year.

UC still gives a bump to AP courses in their own recalculation. If you go to a Big 3 and take English (no AP offered) and get a 5 on the AP Lang or AP Lit exam - you do NOT get a bump in UC calculation. There is a difference even when colleges recalculate. Those schools aren't giving some special bump to Big 3 students for the English class.

And yet Big 3 students are still being admitted to top UCs. Go figure.

[Anonymous]

My kid was admitted to two UC schools. Unhooked. From public.

It’s ok. You’ll deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple very strong unhooked kids to Chicago (this year and last). More ED2 but also RD.
Chicago still seems to like the Big3, especially Sidwell.

Really? My friend whose DC is a senior at Sidwell this year said only 3 kids go to U Chicago this year.

That’s the number of Sidwell students who are attending U of C. More than 3 students were admitted this year. You do realize that not every admitted student will attend
U of C, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was admitted to two UC schools. Unhooked. From public.

It’s ok. You’ll deal.

I’m dealing very well. My oldest child, a Big 3 alum, currently attends an Ivy (legacy and proud of it). My youngest child currently attends the same Big 3. Neither child applied/will apply to state schools—they’re just not interested.

I hope that both public and private school graduates land at the best colleges for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was admitted to two UC schools. Unhooked. From public.

It’s ok. You’ll deal.

I’m dealing very well. My oldest child, a Big 3 alum, currently attends an Ivy (legacy and proud of it). My youngest child currently attends the same Big 3. Neither child applied/will apply to state schools—they’re just not interested.

I hope that both public and private school graduates land at the best colleges for them.

I didn’t say they were attending UC. Just admitted. Probably going to the same Ivy where your kid is. Not legacy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was admitted to two UC schools. Unhooked. From public.

It’s ok. You’ll deal.

I’m dealing very well. My oldest child, a Big 3 alum, currently attends an Ivy (legacy and proud of it). My youngest child currently attends the same Big 3. Neither child applied/will apply to state schools—they’re just not interested.

I hope that both public and private school graduates land at the best colleges for them.

I didn’t say they were attending UC. Just admitted. Probably going to the same Ivy where your kid is. Not legacy.

Unlikely…but you can hope.