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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends mightily on the privates.

Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc graduate an average GPA around 3.5 with no weighting for honors or AP classes. 
Most colleges know to take this into account.  For instance, the unhooked Ivy kids (of which there
are a few each year) will get in (even in 2023) with a 3.8 or 3.9.  There's no 4.7 needed like in public.

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I mean that’s great and all but all of you private school snobs thinking every student in public school is getting straight As are clueless.  There are plenty of 3.5s and below. [/quote]

It's not snobbery to acknowledge and be concerned about grade inflation and how that affects college admissions. At least in this area, in many privates the highest possible grade is a 4.0 and difficult for even one student in each class to achieve. Compare that to the hundreds of students in the top third to half of each APS high school class who have a 4.0 and are ALL ranked 1st in their class on their transcripts! https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1132533.page#25030755[/quote]

More bullshit. They are not all ranked first. Fairfax county does not rank their students at all.[/quote]

I specifically referred to Arlington Public Schools. Students with a 4.0 or higher are indeed ranked first in their classes in APS and comprise a third to a half of most classes. I have no experience with Fairfax County.[/quote]

My kids are 4.0+ GPA Arlington public high school graduates.  They did not have a class rank.  You don’t know what you’re talking about.  [/quote]

Have your seen a copy of your child's transcript sent to colleges? There definitely are rankings. This was discussed in this thread:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1132533.page
If your children haven''t yet applied to colleges, you may not be aware.[/quote]

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