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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If everyone has straight A’s, then no one does.[/quote]

But they balance it out with high act and sats then it does matter. Gpa matters whether you like it or not. Look at Instagram pages and where these kids are going. Schools known for having many kids with learning  disabilities are sending the same number of kids to top colleges as top privates. It’s not rocket science. [/quote]

[b]Yeah, if you look at the matriculations for Field and Bullis, they are not any different than Sidwell or NCS. In 2024, high school rigor just does not matter.[/b] If so, then savvy families will put their kid in lower-tier high schools where they can get easy A's.

Changing up the school profile to help out the students is the smart thing to do, and it will encourage families to keep their kids in rigorous high schools. The old, "A 3.4 GPA means a lot for this high school" does not matter anymore. Colleges want to see straight-A's whether you go to Phillips Exeter or Dunbar. If that's the reality, then rigorous prep schools are engaging in malpractice by giving their kids deflated GPAs. [/quote]

Yep.  You literally can attend Field and have a pleasant high school experience filled with project-based learning and test retakes or NCS where you are sweating it out to hope you get the one 90% given in the class for your essay that would get an A in a senior level literature class at most top 20 colleges.

Hmm.

Which would you pick?[/quote]

Yes, and then end up at Tulane, Indiana, or Syracuse while the Field kid gets to pick between Yale, Columbia, and UPenn. [/quote]

Are you a senior parent or just speculating? Unless you know for certain please do not speculate. [/quote]

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