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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ NP. I am guessing that the Big 3 kids in your classes were not the ones in the top of the class at their Big 3s, but the W kids were probably at the top of class or closer to it.  So you are not comparing the same tier of kids.  I have kids who have attended public and Big 3, and am very confident that the top 50% at the Big 3 are at least as strong academically as the top 15-20% at a W school (and we are in a W district).[/quote]

I doubt it. I don't want to out myself on this board, but there's no way a student not in the top of their class got into the school I teach at. We live in the DC area, I "super commute" when I am teaching in person bc my spouse works in this area. My kids go to a Big 3 but I'm thinking strongly of pulling them before MS.

It's not at all fabrication, but you believe what you want.[/quote]

I have a kid at each.  The top students at both Big 3 schools and a school like Whitman are all very bright and hard working. But public school kids often have more grit. 
Private school parents love to put down the public schools, saying they can retake tests and have rampant grade inflation.  The retaking tests is in MS. My kid at Whitman has never been allowed to retake a test. And there is grade inflation, which hurts the top students somewhat. But it is actually very rare for kids to graduate with a perfect 4.0 unweighted. The teachers and classes are tough. And there is not the hand holding that you get in private school. It’s more sink or swim. [/quote]

Can you help me find the spot in the application process to quantify level of "grit"?  [/quote]

L.o.l. You are a desperate mom trying to include Whitman in a Big 3 discussion. I am a law professor. No one considers wealthy suburban white kids at Whitman to be "gritty".[/quote]

Can't speak to Whitman BUT can to BCC. My friend's daughter transferred from a top Denver public school (Cherry Creek) Fall of 2019 for her Junior year and is a senior now. The daughter  told me BCC is so much easier than Cherry Creek, but has much better college matriculations. She struggled at Cherry Creek but has straight As at BCC. She explained that they have a quarterly system but only semesters are reported to colleges. If you have a 89.5 in the first  quarter that is considered an A, if you have a 79.5 the second quarter is a B. These would result in an A- for the semester which is reporter to colleges. [These would have resulted in a B in a Big 3]. I double checked and this policy is outlined on page 12 & 13 of the BCC handbook which is online. My friend's daughter went from a B student at the Denver public to straight As at BCC and she said it was easy. I can assure you that none of the Big 3s have any sort of grade inflation like this. My friend's daughter said that grades were a total joke at her school and couldn't believe universities gave BCC so much weight as it wasn't nearly as rigorous as her previous school.

Me thinks the professor has an agenda to see things the way she or he wants to. [/quote]

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