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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks and yeah I have looked at the Instagram I just don’t know what grades the kids have to go to ivies (not my kids goal) vs UMD, etc. [/quote]
My 3.5 GPA kid at a DCPS applied/accepted at Liberal Arts Schools that are mid-tier (example - Kenyon, Macalester, Occidental) [/quote]

These are the same schools for a 3.5 (class average) from NCS or Sidwell. Although those kids will work about 5 times (more?) as hard for the same GPA.  To begin with, they will have needed a 4.0 from Deal (and top extracurriculars) to even get into NCS/Sidwell, then they will have worked exceedingly hard for 4 years---no late work ever (or it's a zero), no retakes, long (10 and 20 page) papers that are graded like they're in an upper level college course, 3 hours of homework a night, 1500+ SAT, multiple 5s on APs).  But then they'll end up in the same schools as a JR kid who completely phones in high school and gets a 3.5.

It's interesting.  Or something.  :cry:  :roll: I've had kids at both and we're deliberating what to do with kid 3. [/quote]

Well, everyone says they don't pick the HS based on college outcomes...which I always suspected is what people say after the fact when unhappy with their college choices.  If the Sidwell kid gets into Harvard, well then the plan has worked exactly as scripted.

My JR kid is at a Top 10 school and doing very well in a STEM major.  College has lots of options for classes, so admittedly my kid isn't much interested in classes with multiple 30 page papers when there is an equally interesting class (or maybe the same class with a different professor) with a more manageable workload.

I honestly don't understand the philosophy you describe above for HS at Sidwell or NCA.  Classes should be "rigorous enough"...but beyond that, what's the point?  I know kids then say that college was easy, but seems like college shouldn't be easier than high school, no?  What's interesting is I know kids at top NYC privates that allow retakes and late work...it's not official policy, but teachers seem more flexible.

Hopefully, the NCS/Sidwell kid has a strong network that helps professionally.  That is a major reason to attend a Big3.[/quote]

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