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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly it depends on your kid’s stats. What are the target types of schools based on gpa/stats/profile.

But imo yes, it does help. My kid w/ a 3.8 unweighted GPA at a non-DMV private got into colleges (including Ivy) that he wouldn’t have gotten into at a public. Maybe his GPA would’ve been higher at the public, but there’s no way he could’ve stood out.

Search for a thread here with 3.8 GDS in title…[/quote]
His unweighted GPA would not have been higher at a good DMV public with the highest level of rigor available to him. Please stop the nonsense. [/quote]

It would be higher at APS and MCPS. At APS, 90-100 is 4.0. And at MCPS a A+B= A/4.0. My kid’s private gives a 3.7 for —A. Not to mention the retakes available at all these schools. My kid gets a 60 - it stays a 60 in the grade book. I think private schools’ college acceptances are skewed by athletes, family connections, and the superstars they admit in 9th grade. One advantage I think the private has over public is admissions to SLACs. If you are going to do private just for college - DON’T. My kid and their friends at other private schools have way more homework than their public peers. And the mandatory afterschool activities all year round mean they are starting their homework much later than public school kids. Private was right for my Kid for a number of reasons, but as I look toward college I have slight regrets.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this. We just switched our 8th grader into MCPS for next year from a Big 3 and I keep wondering if we made the right choice. The pressure cooker environment was a factor, not the only one though.[/quote]

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