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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a bottom half.  Although there is no class rank so there is no way to know for sure.  I went to a top 10 SLAC and an even better grad school.  Obviously things have changed since then but my sense is the [b]50-75% group is going to Michigan, Kenyon, Dickinson, Trinity, UMD[/b], etc.  Not sure about the bottom quartile - probably a tier below. That's based on a totally unscientific study of where some of the recent grads we know have gone.  Big state schools can be a challenge for places like Sidwell where Bs are not uncommon.  GPAs/scores will be important and the Sidwell name won't mean much when they are processing 20-30,000 applications. A 3.0 will look like a 3.0.[/quote]

This is correct.  As a 15-20%-er at Sidwell I went to a non-HYP Ivy.  [/quote]

Interesting -- as the parent of 2 recent grads, I'd say this sounds like a reasonably good summary of current admissions trends.  [/quote]

We love DC's Independant school, and are thriled with the education DC is getting, but Dc is not in private school to get into Harvard, as opposed to Univ of Michigan. DC is in private because we live in the District and DCPS is not an option.[/quote]

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