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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell.

The English and History Departments’ grading is especially ridiculous! Math 1 to 4 (particularly 3 & 4) is equally ridiculous, and Chem 1A is pure, unadulterated nonsense. [/quote]

Sidwell parent from 3 years ago. This PP nailed it. Obv I can’t compare to other schools my kids didn’t attend but very tough, honest grading is very real at Sidwell.

My kid and all of their close friends at Sidwell are finding grading curves much kinder at their current colleges, which include Brown, Yale, Vandy, Cornell, Swarthmore. The possible exception is Chicago.  Not that these ^^ schools don’t ask a lot of questions- they do - but if you put in the extensive work then college grades seem higher. My kids friend group is balanced between STEM and humanities majors now fwiw[/quote]

Big +1 to that. I went to a reputable boarding school and then to UChicago for college. My UChicago A-minuses and Bs were so much more meaningful, and hard-earned, than my spouse’s Ivy League A's. In fact, now when we joke with our kids about whether to accomplish a task with A-, B, or C-level rigor, my husband and I look at each other and ask, “Do we want UChicago B quality or his Ivy League B quality?” There was clearly a lot of daylight between them.[/quote]

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