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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school is always going to give top recs to the top kids.  They need Ivy admits and that's their best shot to get them.  they're not looking out for your kid, they're looking  out for their cohort.  [/quote]

You are making big stretches regarding assumptions for recommendations. That 3.8 might be a bit weaker in one area and the letter writing teacher has no real insight to that, especially when the student has been the most committed to his/her subject of any kid in the last 10 years. This thread is sounding like the 'test score' threads where parents with the top stats are desperate to believe that their kids always have the advantages but it's just not so. I have one of those 3.95 kids and they did well. There were also 3.8 kids with equal results. I wouldn't die on the hill that is was DDs extra bit of GPA that was a differentiator because I don't believe that it was.[/quote]

This is my second time going through the process post covid and I strongly disagree.  And that’s fine.[/quote]

Third time going through this and I strongly disagree as well.  GPA is everything at our Big3 private.  Once you are below a 3.9 you are crossing your fingers for the scraps and for someone, anyone from the top20 who will find your file interesting.  If you are above 3.9 you can be a lump on a log in high school and will do well. [/quote]

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