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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell senior parent here of kid with slightly higher GPA. 3.7 is excellent for the school. Your DD is correct that there will be a handful of kids > 3.9, but it’s a tiny group in each grade for the reasons PP said.

Our experience this year is that these “low” compared to public schools GPAs only hold you back if you apply to giant public universities **that are unknown to Sidwell specifically** Places with a well worn pathway— Michigan, UVA, Wisconsin, W&M — are no issue.  Problems arise with competitive flagships where kids from Sidwell never apply. They seem to take a dim view of a 3.7-3.9 compared to the thousands of applicants with 4.7s. Let’s use Florida, Texas and Georgia as examples.  California schools are their own beast and just made huge admissions changes this year …. UNC admits no one, so.

The > 3.5 doesn’t hold your kid back from very competitive LACs or T20 if the rest of their package is very good. “Very good” need not mean URM or recruited athlete btw.  There are a lot of kids this year not in those groups and not 3.9+ according to my son who will attend some very very top schools next year.  Keeping it vague for their privacy

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I have a 2022 graduate and a 2024. I agree with this poster. Sidwell has historically never sent a ton of kids to state flagships anyway. I don't know why people are handwringing over this. Stick to privates and find a good ED match (be realistic regarding SAT/ACT and ECs). Recognize that this isn't the 90s when the Sidwell name could get the top unhooked kids into Ivies. Admittances to the T30 were strong for the class of 2022.

Texas is not a great example because of their in-state admissions policies. They are like UNC, nobody OOS is getting in unless a recruited athlete.[/quote]

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