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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s clear you’re new to this board.  Read through a few things. It’s been discussed as infinitum.

TLDR: depends on the school. Big state schools — UC Berkeley, UNC, UT, etc. - don’t have the staff to sift through schools.

The Ivy+’s know but only care if your kid is in the top 5-10 of their class from a top DC private with stellar test scores and exceptional ECs. 1550+ , 5s on APs, and superlative recommendations.

A 3.3 from a top private is not going to get a kid into a top 25 school.

A 3.8 from a mediocre private is not going to get a kid into a top 25 school. [/quote]

A 3.8 from a top private (NCS, Sidwell, etc) is MAYBE going to get you into a top25 school.  
You're really on the line.  
My rising senor has this GPA and there is an OUTSIDE CHANCE of a top25 school (I've seen Scoir/Naviance). This kid may end up at a top40.
Once you're at 3.7 then you're really looking at schools around 40+ unless you have a hook.

The issue is that GPAs are deflated but there ARE kids who do very well and get 3.9+ GPAs plus there are a whole lot of hooked kids (kids of VIPs, etc).  So if you're just getting a 3.8 your options are not great for top schools.

These schools are great for the hooked and the super, super smart kids.  The middle ground kids would likely be better off in public where they would get a 4.0UW or close to it.

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I know for a fact that there are unhooked c/o ‘24 Sidwell students going to Ivies, in the 3.80 to 3.89 range. Unhooked as in non-legacy and not a recruited athlete. Being an URM is no longer considered a hook. [/quote]

if they're URMS and writing about it in their essays they're definitely getting a bump.  [/quote]

They are getting the same “bump” as someone of Chinese, Polish, or French descent who writes about their heritage in their essays. Anything else is illegal. [/quote]

You don’t happen to be in the market for a lovely bridge in Brooklyn, do you?

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