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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it’s one of these top 20 high schools?

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/[/quote]

Non-boarding day school list:

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/k-12/best-private-schools/[/quote]

At any of these schools, this kid gets into Brown level schools ED. Provided not a lot of other hooked peers EDing.[/quote]
No.  
NCS, Sidwell, and Gilman are all on the list.  Not for 3.5 gpa kids.[/quote]

I thought gpa was 3.7/3.75uw?
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Did OP say that?  I must have missed it.  The title says middle of the class, which is typically 3.5 in a top private that does not inflate.[/quote]

Since rigorous privates have competitive admission, they can usually choose strong/A students coming in from middle school so there are few average students academically. That said, from my experience a middle 50% gpa at a rigorous private would be around 3.6 due to the lack of inflation. Top half ranges from just below an A- (very high B+) to an A average. Ofc, rigor matters a lot! [/quote]

Not at our top private. No one gets a solid A average. 2 A, 2 A-  and 1 B+ would put you in top 25%. Last year a core subject teacher gave majority of her class C’s in the final. [/quote]

Same at our private. And my kid got into T10 with that grade…[/quote]

Yeah, more bullshit that you hear all the time.  The grading systems and distribution for virtually all of these schools is available on line, and there are very, very few schools of even the highest ilk where there isn't grade inflation.  These posters throw this shit out cloaked in anonymity so you can't believe a word they say.  And they all say "oh MY, not at MY school!  We're different!"

Bullshit.  [/quote]

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