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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she attends a school like Sidwell, NCS, STA or GDS and she is truly in the top 10 students in the class and has decent rigor and resume then any school is possible. If she is top 5 at one of these high schools then HYPMS is almost probable if she has half way decent extracurriculars.

These schools differ than public because the kids are really stratified by grading (there is no bunching at the top). There may be one kid with a 3.95 And then 5 with grades above a 3.9. So when you are in those top kids you are highly desirable to elite colleges.

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what about a level down, maybe top 20% so 3.75 - 3-9?[/quote]

3.85-3.95 generally all get top25.

3.75 can get top40. At DC's Big3 school 3.8 is sort of the "line in the sand" for a top30 school.  The top30 colleges don't really take the 3.7s regardless of how high their SAT score is, how great the extracurriculars are, etc.  (I'm talking unhooked kids here). [/quote]

3.8uw is the line at our non-DC private too [/quote]

How many percent got in T25?[/quote]

50%+[/quote]

Among the 50% + T25, how many are hooked and below 3.8 uw? [/quote]

At our private school, the legacy typically are above that gpa. The athletes are borderline. Recently the URM are at the line or above.

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So 3.8 is the average gpa.  [/quote]

Rampant grade inflation.[/quote]

Sidwell averages at 3.5.  
PP's 3.8 average is way too high.  Sounds like a school similar to BIM?[/quote]

STA has a higher average.  Not sure about BIM, the AP thing?  [/quote]

STA has a numerical GPA (not a 4.0 scale). The class average is generally around an 87-88, sometimes lower. [/quote]

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