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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC goes to one of the Big 3, and they do not rank, give GPA and have only a handful of AP classes available to take. But every year there are plenty of kids that get into the Ivy League. So PP experience doesn't necessarily apply to a lot of kids at DC privates. But luckily those Ivies know those facts about the schools and it doesn't count against the kids. [/quote]

A lot of the kids I have interviewed have been from the Big 3.  They often have some ballpark GPA, and they have all taken AP tests.  They have taken fewer than the kids at the MoCo publics, it's true.  They don't have class ranks, but even the interviewers know what a good GPA is at those schools, and the admissions office has decades worth of data on each school.

IB diplomas are well regarded. As with APs, top scores are expected on the SL tests or predicted HL tests.   IB students also don't get a pass on the extracurricular, leadership, original research etc. , which can be an issue, given the time commitment.  [/quote]

What I think hurts our kids in these schools are no weighted grades so their GPAs, even  if not calculated by schools officially, tend to be lower. They strip weights, but the weighted GPAs do get submitted to US News. The fact that TJ started adding .5 weight to their grades told me it mattered to even those kids applying to college.[/quote]

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