Dreaded C+ on transcript

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Anonymous wrote:No legacies from Langley? as if 98% of the McLean parents are college graduates? Right.

Majority of kids got into Ivy league schools from Langley High are Asians. These kids are not legacies at all. They are the second-generation immigrants. Of course, their parents are highly-educated professionals in IT or other areas.

It's entirely possible that at least some are legacies. Plenty of Asian Americans who attended college in the US in the late 80s and early 90s have college aged children now and they are all applying.

Yes, these Asian Americans came to the US to attend graduate schools to get master's and PhDs. Some of them went to Ivy league schools. But their kids are not legacies. Only an applicant is regarded as a legacy because a parent or other relative attended the same school as an Undergraduate student.

Hey dipshit. I said that because I'm one of them. I attended undergrad during this timeframe, and I know a ton of Asian American classmates from my undergrad years (it was about 15% Asian American back then). We're all, or almost all, born in the United States and went to college back in the late 80s and early 90s. Now our kids are applying, and they are legacies. Stop bloviating about things you know nothing about.

Don't think the kids getting into Ivy leagues from Langley HS are of your ethnicity.

I have no idea, but I don't see how you can rule it out unless you know each one of them personally. You can't tell just by looking at their names on a list.

If you look at their names, you pretty much figure out where their parents were originally from.

Really? Let's say the last name is Kim. Are the parents from Korea or born in the US?

Remember, just because they have Asian-sounding surnames doesn't mean they weren't born in the US. You understand that, right? Chen is as American a surname as Jones.

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I find it so depressing that so many Americans, even in a big area like DC, cannot grasp that Asian-Americans are American.

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Anonymous wrote:No legacies from Langley? as if 98% of the McLean parents are college graduates? Right.

Majority of kids got into Ivy league schools from Langley High are Asians. These kids are not legacies at all. They are the second-generation immigrants. Of course, their parents are highly-educated professionals in IT or other areas.

It's entirely possible that at least some are legacies. Plenty of Asian Americans who attended college in the US in the late 80s and early 90s have college aged children now and they are all applying.

Yes, these Asian Americans came to the US to attend graduate schools to get master's and PhDs. Some of them went to Ivy league schools. But their kids are not legacies. Only an applicant is regarded as a legacy because a parent or other relative attended the same school as an Undergraduate student.

Hey dipshit. I said that because I'm one of them. I attended undergrad during this timeframe, and I know a ton of Asian American classmates from my undergrad years (it was about 15% Asian American back then). We're all, or almost all, born in the United States and went to college back in the late 80s and early 90s. Now our kids are applying, and they are legacies. Stop bloviating about things you know nothing about.

Don't think the kids getting into Ivy leagues from Langley HS are of your ethnicity.

I have no idea, but I don't see how you can rule it out unless you know each one of them personally. You can't tell just by looking at their names on a list.

If you look at their names, you pretty much figure out where their parents were originally from.

Really? Let's say the last name is Kim. Are the parents from Korea or born in the US?

Remember, just because they have Asian-sounding surnames doesn't mean they weren't born in the US. You understand that, right? Chen is as American a surname as Jones.

If it is Chen, the dad was definitely from the mainland China. If it is Chan, Tan or Chin, a variant of Chen, the family may be from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries originally.

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I was chuckling at this thread until the Sidwell grades just came out. Our DD just got her second "C" of high school. Rest of the grades are A, A- and B+s.

We're bracing ourselves for a tough admissions road. Hopefully some parents can let us know what a 3.3 (approx) GPA at Sidwell gets you in terms of admissions.
No ACT or SAT scores as yet but we know she will need to rock those.

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Anonymous wrote:No legacies from Langley? as if 98% of the McLean parents are college graduates? Right.

Majority of kids got into Ivy league schools from Langley High are Asians. These kids are not legacies at all. They are the second-generation immigrants. Of course, their parents are highly-educated professionals in IT or other areas.

It's entirely possible that at least some are legacies. Plenty of Asian Americans who attended college in the US in the late 80s and early 90s have college aged children now and they are all applying.

Yes, these Asian Americans came to the US to attend graduate schools to get master's and PhDs. Some of them went to Ivy league schools. But their kids are not legacies. Only an applicant is regarded as a legacy because a parent or other relative attended the same school as an Undergraduate student.

Hey dipshit. I said that because I'm one of them. I attended undergrad during this timeframe, and I know a ton of Asian American classmates from my undergrad years (it was about 15% Asian American back then). We're all, or almost all, born in the United States and went to college back in the late 80s and early 90s. Now our kids are applying, and they are legacies. Stop bloviating about things you know nothing about.

Don't think the kids getting into Ivy leagues from Langley HS are of your ethnicity.

I have no idea, but I don't see how you can rule it out unless you know each one of them personally. You can't tell just by looking at their names on a list.

If you look at their names, you pretty much figure out where their parents were originally from.

Really? Let's say the last name is Kim. Are the parents from Korea or born in the US?

Remember, just because they have Asian-sounding surnames doesn't mean they weren't born in the US. You understand that, right? Chen is as American a surname as Jones.

If it is Chen, the dad was definitely from the mainland China. If it is Chan, Tan or Chin, a variant of Chen, the family may be from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries originally.

No. No. No.

The dad could be from New Jersey for all you know.

Good lord, there are more than just recent Asian immigrants in this country. Do you go through the trouble of tracing every Jones, Smith and Johnson?

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Anonymous wrote:I was chuckling at this thread until the Sidwell grades just came out. Our DD just got her second "C" of high school. Rest of the grades are A, A- and B+s.

We're bracing ourselves for a tough admissions road. Hopefully some parents can let us know what a 3.3 (approx) GPA at Sidwell gets you in terms of admissions.
No ACT or SAT scores as yet but we know she will need to rock those.

Right there with you. Pretty lackluster freshman year.

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No UVA for you.

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It’s a hook! But not the right kind.

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Yes, a C has an impact, but what're ya' gonna do? My kid is super smart and in advanced classes but does not care much about grades/studying and cares even less about Ivy. Are you sure she cares this much, or is it you?

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Anonymous wrote:Even some summer camps have high requirements for the applicants. For instance,

Must have an average unweighed GPA of at least 3.8 or 95

Must have at least 3 of the following subjects
• English (Honors or AP a plus)
• Chemistry (Honors or AP a plus)
• Mathematics or Calculus (Honors or AP a plus)
• Physics (Honors or AP a plus)
• Biology (optional) (Honors or AP a plus)
• Standardized test scores (SAT or Regents) must be 60% or above.
• Students who show evidence of leadership, special talents or interests, and other personal qualities through extracurricular activities, volunteer work, and other non-academic pursuits will receive special consideration.

Your students with poor grades cannot even apply for this kind of selective camps. Getting into a Top 20 school? Joke!

WTAF. What happened to summer camp being about canoeing and sleeping in tents and color war. You people are ruining your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:No legacies from Langley? as if 98% of the McLean parents are college graduates? Right.

Majority of kids got into Ivy league schools from Langley High are Asians. These kids are not legacies at all. They are the second-generation immigrants. Of course, their parents are highly-educated professionals in IT or other areas.

It's entirely possible that at least some are legacies. Plenty of Asian Americans who attended college in the US in the late 80s and early 90s have college aged children now and they are all applying.

Yes, these Asian Americans came to the US to attend graduate schools to get master's and PhDs. Some of them went to Ivy league schools. But their kids are not legacies. Only an applicant is regarded as a legacy because a parent or other relative attended the same school as an Undergraduate student.

Not true at Cornell and several other top schools where a child of graduate of any part of the University (J.D. M.D Ph.D etc.) considered a legacy for undergraduate admissions purposes.

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DS is a rising senior at one of the big 3 and his junior grade is awful. Two Bs and the rest is C. I guess by DCUM's standard, his future is doomed, LOL.

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Can’t believe I had these worries from years ago. He now attends Cornell!

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Are you the original poster or one above?

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in a big 3 school and a fairly good student in at least the top 3rd (if not higher) of the class. During 9th and 10th grade most of her grades were usually an A or A- with a couple of B's thrown in. Science is something she has always struggled with and this semester she got a dreaded C+ in her science class. We're hoping this one "C" letter grade is an anomaly and the rest of her high school years will be As and Bs (fingers crossed). DD is not looking to study science in school and is looking at an English or History major. She will not apply to any Ivy League schools but may be interested in applying ED to schools like Duke or Northwestern or some SLACs. She also likes Berkeley and UCLA. Does one "C" letter grade in 10th grade impact her chances at these colleges. DD has some great extracurriuculars including some competitive summer scholarships so she does have that going for her.

DD is upset about the "C" grade and we're hoping to help put this in perspective for her. And yes, we will ask the counselors but we don't have our first meeting until this fall.

LOL @ Berkeley, UCLA, Duke, and Northwestern. No chance with a C and bunch of Bs.