sidwell college results--does everyone have top grades or are they getting in kids into strong schools imperfect grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell college results are really good this year. Very, very few kids (out of over 80 posted) are attending schools outside of the top 30 or schools that are not highly competitive.

Does this mean that they're getting very competitive admits for kids with GPAs under 3.8?
(i.e with a few Bs?)
Or does this class all have 3.8+?

Asking because my kid's DC Big3 private seems to have a major drop off after about a 3.8.
The top kids---doing great!
Then the 3.7 and below are attending schools that are far less competitive.
I.e nothing really in the top 40.

Are Sidwell's GPAs all clustered above 3.8 or do they just have more pull with colleges so that their lower kids
still get strong admits?


Curious.

You have no idea what the gpas are of kids in the current senior class because they have not even posted on SCOIR or Naviance yet.

At our Big3 school we do know who is Cum Laude, so we do know how many have above and below a certain gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: Scientists have discovered that the children of wealthy Ivy League grads have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools.

And how exactly do Ivy League legacies have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools where their parents didn't attend? Also, not that many "wealthy" families at Sidwell or any of the other DC privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

No, based on data from 2021 to 2023. I would assume that 2024 is similar in terms of GPAs and results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: Scientists have discovered that the children of wealthy Ivy League grads have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools.

And how exactly do Ivy League legacies have a higher chance of being admitted to top 30 schools where their parents didn't attend? Also, not that many "wealthy" families at Sidwell or any of the other DC privates.

I’ll tell you how - connections.

[Anonymous]

My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

The whole point of being on this thread is to discuss college admissions, options for people’s kids, best prospects etc. like it’s the whole entire point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

and yet here you are on a Saturday morning, clicking on the exact same threads on DCUM....
Shouldn't you be out hiking or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

Oh absolutely! The question was just how could anyone know gpa’s. I know that admissions outcomes don’t exactly track gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

DP. Huh? I have no idea what you are talking about? I don't think anyone knows about this senior run? Instagram college pages are public on Instagram. That is where people can see where kids are going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It
also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

Wait you can get Cum Laude without taking calc or science? I had no idea. This seems really unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My God, this is sick. Seriously, reflect. There are adults on this thread logging into a instagram posting of high school kids doing a senior tradition at their school (the senior run at Sidwell) to count the seniors running in various college shirts. The event is seniors doing a run through the upper school and being wished well on their next steps after graduation by the students in lower grades. And this screwed up site uses video of this to count kids in particular college shirts. Totally f?cked up and pathetic. Do you guys behave like this with your peers at work? With your neighbors? With anyone else? And delving into the details of students from across multiple schools. Absolutely pathetic.

All of the kids at all of these schools, and everywhere, deserve a lot better from the adults around them.

Like clockwork, here’s the shrew who came to chastise us for discussing private school/college-related, publicly available information…in a private school forum. 🙄

Yet, here you are in this same private school forum. Go rest. I’m sure all of that scolding is tiring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but still OP's question is relevant. Do those w Top 30 postings all have 3.8+

No they don’t.

So Sidwell is gettng 3.6 and 3.7 kids into top 40 schools?

It would seem that they would have to be based on the average GPA and the schools kids are attending.

That is strikingly different than NCS (for example). Girls with a 3.6 are not getting into a top40 school.
The drop off in colleges for girls under a 3.8 is pretty striking.

Are you talking about this year 2024? If so data is not out and there is no way you know the gpa of every single girl in the senior class. No way. My daughter is a junior and she does not even know the gpas of her best friends. I call bs on your post.

At NCS also we do know who the top 15 are because Cum Laude has been announced.

which doesn't exactly parallel the GPA that kids apply to college with since it doesn't include freshman year. It
also does not account for rigor.
There are always girls who are cum laude with weak transcripts--for example, no calculus and no science APs. While others with post calculus math and 3-4 science APs do not. So it's not the full picture for college admissions at all.

Wait you can get Cum Laude without taking calc or science? I had no idea. This seems really unfair.

Yep it’s only gpa based. As a result, there are some who are not cum laude who had better college results than some who are cum laude. No to diminish the accomplishment for anyone….it’s fantastic! But colleges are definitely looking at more then gpa.

- signed, Parent whose child is NOT cum laude!