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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GPA, Course Rigor, SAT/ACT(although supposedly optional) are the most imortant stat. 
Let's not kid about it.  These can be known among friends.  
Also you can see their ECs and stuff faily easily. 
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If one's DC is in a small enough school and the DCs have been classmates for a long time, it's quite plausible that these DCs know each other's stats, even if not down to the very last hundredth point. One of my DC's was with the same 20 kids in the most rigourous math/science classes for four years. Within that group, DC had a pretty good sense of how they fell out (no rank school). A few parents of these kids even posted their perfect ACT/SAT scores on Instagram, so there's that. There were a couple kids at the top of the pile who did not do well in ED1/2 but all pretty much fell together in RD (after a few agonizing months).

There were a couple of parents who were not happy when their kids did not get into some ED schools that other students did, ones whom they perceived as "lesser" students. In one instance, i think the kid who took less rigorous courses had a higher GPA, was captain of a state-winning sports team, etc. I am friends with the not happy mom. She tends not to gossip, but she did comment on that one. I just let it go, knowing that this was driven by disappointment. FWIW, I thought she was not as realistic about her daughter's chances and that probably hindered the kid in drawing up a realistic list. Fortunately it came together in RD.

I think these feelings are natural yet best to not express to your DC and to pivot to a more positive stance as soon as possible.

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