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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] There has been a significant discrepancy between top private school GPAs and the rest of the field for a very long time. There is nothing new under the sun. I know folks will say that colleges "understand" that  Sidwell or STA grade harder than a public school or another private, but the most competitive colleges will not accept candidates with a lot of Bs and C's on their transcript. Even kids with "athletic" value. Not even if standardized tests are excellent[/quote]

Are you a big 3 parent? Your kid is competing with their classmates (not the kids at the local public) for the most part. How does your kid stack up to their classmates? That's what you need to worry about.[/quote]

Three kids graduated from a school on Wisconsin Ave. You are both right and wrong. Yes, colleges don't usually  take a bunch of kids from a single class - meaning your kid is competing against other kids in their class. But the most competitive colleges will not even look at a kid with a lot of bs and c's. Think NESCAC or schools like Davidson or Wash U  and certainly the Ivies. If those bs and cs had been A's, it would be different story. [/quote]

Oh come on, my kid is at a school on Wisconsin Ave - going to some other school isn't going to magically change A's and C's to A's. And if your goal is A's for this particular kid, then they need to take easier classes and/or go somewhere that expects less.  I personally think your kid is probably getting a great education - which is what they should be in school for in the first place.  And, there ARE kids at schools on Wisconsin getting no B's. They will do fine in college - even if they don't get into HYPSM! (But I will say that so far the HYPSMs have a hook - and the legacies don't necessarily have the stats to boast along side of the hook - others may perfectly well have stats and hook.)[/quote]

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