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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t read all of the responses but I found it interesting that the two schools my don was deferred at for EA were in-state schools. Neither one is known for a low admissions rate either. I guess his 3.3 just can’t measure up against the high and super high GPAs. Those schools were his safety schools so it’s not a big deal but just surprising. [/quote]

3.3 is low, for public and private.[/quote]

It is absolutely not low at NCS. Most of my daughters friends are right around 3.0-3.4[/quote]

Are these current seniors? My daughter is in 10th and she doesn't discuss grades with her friends, but I've been wondering what the norm is.

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DD had 3.7+ GPA which wasn’t high enough for cum laude (top 20%) so I’d estimate:
25% 3.7-4.0
50% 3.3-3.7

Very helpful, thank you.
25% &lt; 3.3
I do think TO has worsened college outcomes for the middle 50% at NCS. Test scores for NCS middle 50 GPA range are much higher than public school applicants in their school’s middle 50. Colleges no longer have that common metric to compare applicants against. Imagine you are an admissions officer sorting into piles - the middle 50% GPA student pile is huge. Before TO a 1400+ SAT would stand out against all of the 50% GPA applicants.[/quote][/quote]

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