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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] There has been a significant discrepancy between top private school GPAs and the rest of the field for a very long time. There is nothing new under the sun. I know folks will say that colleges "understand" that  Sidwell or STA grade harder than a public school or another private, but the most competitive colleges will not accept candidates with a lot of Bs and C's on their transcript. Even kids with "athletic" value. Not even if standardized tests are excellent[/quote]

It’s true. That freshman year learning curve at Sidwell/STA means for some colleges they won’t even look at your application. Yes I have heard they don’t even bother if your gpa is below a certain mark. I believe it. Colleges will suffer the consequences because it takes a lot more to be a successful person in life and they will see many of these Ivy grads are not getting into corporate america still because they are missing many of the other complements that come along with success - personality for one - social graces for two etc…. [/quote]

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