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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 11th grader has a 3.0, so a 3.7 seems amazing to me![/quote]

Interesting that no one seems to know where the modal GPA even is at Sidwell. Neither students nor parents.[/quote]

Same at GDS. How would you know if the school doesn't provide the information? I've never talked about grades with another parent, and my kids seem similarly in the dark. That's the way the school wants it. I think it's a good idea to deemphasize competition, but it does introduce yet another large element of uncertainty into the college process.[/quote]

Agree with PP. It doesn't matter where your kid ranks. You are harking back to your own high school days 35 years ago. Class rank is not important now. If they have good grades, you'll be in better shape than someone without high grades. It's enough to leave it at that.[/quote]

But a lot of colleges indicate class rank as “very important” on CDS - Brown, for example.  I have also sat through multiple college night presentations where presenters have noted that colleges judge you against peers at your school as opposed to students from a different school with different offerings.  I understand that official class rank is not used but certainly colleges will consider a kid’s GPA in the context of grades and rigor of peers applying to same school, even if just the context provided in the “school report.”[/quote]

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