3.5 students at SFS
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Anonymous
| Assuming top scores (98-99%) and a reasonably rigorous courseload, where do these kids end up at college? |
Anonymous
| I was a 3.5 student at Sidwell 20+ years ago and went to an Ivy. But I guess that's not true anymore. |
Anonymous
| Not a recruited athlete? Duke, U Chicago, Wesleyan, Northwestern, Wash U, to name a few. |
Anonymous
| georgetown |
Anonymous
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U Chicago
Johns Hopkins maybe Dartmouth, Cornell |
Anonymous
What's a reasonably rigorous courseload? Which science and math classes? |
Anonymous
| Big difference between 98 and 99th percentile. 98 is a 32 on the ACT and a 2200 on the old SAT. Not sure a 3.5 and those scores are getting you into the schools listed above. Especially if there are classmates with the same GPA and higher test scores applying to the same places. A 34 and/or 2300? Now you're talking about these schools |
Anonymous
| There are a lot of 3.5ish students at Sidwell. Scores seem to matter a lot in determining which of those students go to top schools. Agree that a 34+ on the ACT can be a help. Having well-defined interests and a compelling story can also matter. |
Anonymous
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Ae you asking for hooked or unhooked?
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Anonymous
| Assuming you have a child in this scenario, use the Naviance tool the school provides. All of that info is there. |
Anonymous
| Not OP, but Sidwell does not provide family/student access to Naviance. |
Anonymous
| Oh, thanks. I have found it to be an informative tool. Didn't base college applications on that, but it definitely set a picture for us. |
Anonymous
LOL maybe twenty years ago. Look one or two tiers down now and forget about any highly selective majors like computer science. These Colleges and universities have their pick of kids with a lot higher gpa and class ranking. |
Anonymous
| Naviance is really useless for Sidwell kids. With relatively small classes, the hooks skew the charting a lot. |
Anonymous
My kid graduated four years ago and is at one of those schools. I based the answer on his classmates. I also have a college freshman, and I don't think things have changed much in three years. |