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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid goes to a Big3.  Junior year. 
The deflated grading feels worse than ever this year and is just exhausting.  My kid does homework for 4 hours per night.  Some nights it's even more. 
Goes in and takes exams.  Averages on a recent math exam: 70.  Average on a recent science exam: 65.  Average on a recent history exam: 85. 
Doing well just seems impossible, stress is so high.  There are no retakes, no curving, etc.  We know from experience that a few kids will end eek their way up to a 90% with lab reports, quizzes, perhaps a better second test. My kid is among these. But many won't.  They'll get a straight B or B- in the class even with maximum effort.  And then a 5 on the AP exam.  
In some classes only 1 or 2 kids will end up above a 90.  There is just so much stress and I don't understand why it has to be this hard.  
Why take a cohort of very bright, very hardworking kids and then give a straight B as the average (and a tiny handful of low A's across the grade?)  It's just exhausting.  
I'm not sure what the point it.  College admissions aren't even that great--colleges are no longer buying this "a 3.5 is a good GPA!" line. 
It's just too far out of the norm of what every other type of school is doing.

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Do you really think you’re going to change things now you’re already partway into junior year. It’s not going to change live and learn I guess.[/quote]

NP. We learned after older kid dealt with the big3 deflated GPA and college admissions in the 2022-2023 TO world. Younger kid just started 9th at a “second tier” private school. Getting As and working hard (but appropriately hard). Grades are weighted for honors and AP (yes, they have AP classes!) and test retakes allowed. I feel like sending my older kid to a big3 for high school was my biggest parenting mistake. Way too much stress and college admission results were not commiserate with effort and ability. Live and learn.[/quote]

For these parents, we’re thinking about moving our younger out as well. What ‘second tier’ private would you suggest? [/quote]

Honestly, I am just calling them 2nd tier to differentiate them on DCUM from Sidwell and Cathedral schools. My kid is at one of these 2nd tier schools and we have been really impressed. We have had kids at Sidwell/Cathedral as well. I would look closely at Visitation, Gonzaga, Burke, SJC scholars program and Madeira. We aren’t in Maryland, but if we were I would look at Bullis and St. Andrews. [/quote]

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