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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous wrote:
Swarthmore, Middlebury, Tufts, Davidson, Vandy, Pomona, etc.

I don't think so. I also disagree with Notre Dame, unless the student has phenomenal extracurriculars - like founded a charity or is an Olympic athlete.

Yup. a 3.5 is an indication of a very smart, hard working kid[/quote]

Remember, we're talking about Sidwell, St. Alban's, etc, with hard grading policies and a rigorous curriculum.  They're not suburban grade inflation factories that turbocharge GPAs for taking AP courses.  Most college admission staffs know that.[/quote]

Irrelevant and unnecessarily condescending. Remember, we're talking unweighted GPAs here. So we're talking GPAs that are already stripped of the AP point. Also, remember that most of the VA and MCPS publics are actually very stressful and grading is often tough although it varies by teacher, just like in the privates.  Most college admissions staffs have read books like The Overachievers, and they know that.[/quote]

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