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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ds had a b average from a mom big 3 private and a 30. Got into both unass and Skidmore among many others. B students from big 3 with 31 ish scores will get into many of the schools mentioned. Ignore all stats on gpa or class rank other than your school’s Naviance and talk to your counselor. [/quote]

EXACTLY! School context really matters here, and solid Bs at Sidwell/STA/NCS/GDS is not the same as solid Bs at my kid's public school.

The kid should continue to discuss target schools with the counselor and applying to 6-7, not 3.[/quote]

Many of these kids would be A students in public. The top DC private schools are very demanding.[/quote]

Baloney re these kids being A students at public.[/quote]

You are wrong. You should see the level of work that is asked of 8th graders at my kid’s school. As are a dime a dozen in public but much harder to get in these schools.[/quote]

NP: While the kids at the top of public and private may be equally strong, and while the academic content may be similar, grading is very different. Only 9 students will come close to straight As by the end of senior year at our private school, and the head of school referred to that as unprecedented, an exceptionally strong class. No grade weighting, so the #10 student in the class has lower than 4.0, and also probably took the equivalent of 11 AP classes.[/quote]

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