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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cringe whenever I see the term big three on here. I lived in Beverly Hills for years and even in Los Angeles we never use terms like this. I also lived in Manhattan, and the same goes for New York. Obviously, these cities have prestigious schools and people simply knew which were the best schools.  Quite frankly, hearing a term like “big 3” we’ll it sounds very small town an unsophisticated.[/quote]

Agreed.  Plus I really don’t think it’s necessary for Big 3 parents to remind the world and themselves that their grading scales are different.  If you’re paying $50k for high school and are obsessed with prestige and college admissions, trust me - you don’t need to go to DCUM to learn your school’s grading scale and how it differs from publics.

Bottom line, there is rarely if ever any reason to specify that your kid goes to a Big 3.  Except to get off on it, that is. [/quote]

First - Big 3 is a DCUM created term and people use it for shorthand. Nobody would ever use this in real life.
Second - Those parents aren't writing on DCUM to remind other parents they are at a Big 3 - they are writing to seek OTHER Big 3 families to weigh in so they can have something comparable to their own experience.

If FCPS and MCPS had meaningfully different grading scales and methods for calculating GPA, nobody would be upset if a FCPS parent identified themselves as being FCPS when asking others to weigh in on their child's GPA regarding chances on a college acceptance. 
 [/quote]You still haven’t addressed the topic! What are the admissions results of the BIG 3?[/quote]

That's not what the topic was....it was whether most of the people posting on this forum are Big 3 parents.  I do not think that is the case.[/quote]

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