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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have kids at two Big3 schools and have found that a 3.8 or even 3.85 is totally doable for a smart, super diligent student. A 3.95 is different territory. It means that the student excels equally in all subjects and never receives more than one A- a year. It's rare for a kid to be able to get As in all disciplines--usually you have the kids who get high As in math/science but A minuses in the humanities (or the other way around). Plus a lot of this comes down to luck--teachers do not grade the same. There are teachers at these schools who don't give As. Or maybe they max out at giving two As per year. If you're not in the top 2 kids in the class, you get an A-. Goodbye to your 4.0 or 3.95 right there. [/quote] All correct. But, do not underestimate the ability of wealthy parents to arrange things for their DCs (tutoring/paper writers etc) to make life easier. And there are a lot of ultra wealthy parents at Sidwell. [/quote]
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