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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Male or female? Male has an admission advantage at SLACs

[b]Coming from private or public?[/b] A public school kid with that GPA will have to lower his/her sights.

A progressive kid will be just fine at Tufts - no more or less than Brown or Wes. So don't use that to make a judgment.

Vassar? (a male has a huge admissions advantage here)
Lots of progressive kids at Bard & Sarah Lawrence

Yes, Reed is more rigorous than the other school.

Music makes me think of Oberlin, Lawrence and St Olaf[/quote]

Thank you for the thoughtful info.  DC attends one of the Big 3 in DC.  [b]Is GPA really viewed that differently between public and private?[/b][/quote]

FYI I’m the OP and that’s my response above.  [/quote]

Absolutely. A 3.6 at a Big 3 (especially with upward trend) is very good. (I've had kids in both public and private.) My DC graduated from a Big 3 last year and the counselor was very, very helpful in putting together a college list with DC.

Maybe look at Amherst too, as a reach. Lots of music kids there, the English department is great, it has a completely open curriculum, and its town is better than Middletown (although the kids I know at Wes don't complain about the town).

In lieu of being able to tour colleges, the Fiske College Guide is good for describing and comparing schools.[/quote]

Yes, there is less grade inflation at the big three privates than there is in most public high schools and most colleges realize that. However, your kid's private school GPA may be more impressive given less grade inflation, but colleges still don't love it because it affects their US news and other rankings. So admissions offices intellectually realize it's an impressive gpa, but they may or may not be willing to take the stats hit to accept your kid, depending on what else your kid brings to the table.[/quote]

[b]You don't know what you're talking about.[/b] [/quote]

Can you elaborate on the right information if PP does not know what he/she is talking about?[/quote]

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