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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 3.0 at NCS is a 4.0 at any other local private.

And yes college admissions counselors are aware.  [/quote]

LOL keep telling yourself that. Sorry about your daughter’s 3.0. [/quote]

The previous post is snarky and unkind.

However, I agree the original post is an exaggeration.

It’s true for some NCS courses, a 3.3 might be a 4.0 elsewhere, but perhaps at GDS or Visi. Not at Sidwell and STA, which have the same levels of grade deflation.

Not all colleges are aware sadly or care. NCS really shoots itself and its students in the foot. The average college application gets 23-45 seconds of attention.

If the GPA is significantly below the college’s median, the application is going to go into the reject pile unless the candidate is an URM, donor child, athlete, or has some other desired talent. Given the grade inflation at public high schools the median is now a 3.8/3.9 unweighted for top colleges.[/quote]

Very sad. [/quote]

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